Why Do Valves Need Maintenance?

Operational efficiency, longevity, and workplace safety provide three major reasons for valve maintenance.

Regular valve maintenance ensures the valve accurately controls the flow rate, direction, and pressure level. This accuracy ensures efficiency of any plant or equipment, such as petroleum refineries, wastewater treatment plants, and marine hardware. Also, regular maintenance minimizes the risk of sudden problems in piping systems and reduces unexpected downtime.

Maintenance directly contributes to valve longevity since it prevents premature wear and tear. As a result, you can avoid major repairs and replacement expenses.

Imagine the havoc that a gasoline leak in a refinery would cause. Avoiding these incidents necessitates proactive maintenance to prevent leaks, ruptures, as well as catastrophic failures of piping systems under pressure.

Much of valve maintenance is predicated on accessibility. Valves are usually set inside the flow path of an active process and removal necessitates the unbolting of flanges and diversion of cessation of a fluid’s flow path. Such an action may not be desirable or possible. Oftentimes, visual inspection may be the only available