
KEYSTONE FIGURE 56 BUTTERFLY VALVES
InstallatIon and MaIntenance InstructIons
Before installation these instructions must be fully read and understood
Strings parallel !!
Lifting Figure 56
HAZARD POTENTIALS
• Disregarding of instructions
• Improper use of product
• Insufficiently qualified personnel
Valve application to be within the pressure/
temperature limits indicated in the
P/Tdiagram.
Essential points and functions of the valve
should be inspected on a regular basis.
1 STORAGE AND HANDLING
1.1 Protection
Keystone butterfly valves are delivered with
protection in accordance with the Keystone
Engineering Instructions, to protect the valve
seats and disc from damage. Wrapping and/or
covers should be left in place until immediately
before fitting to the pipe.
1.2 Storage
When valves are to be stored for some time
(2months or more) before being fitted, storage
should be in the original delivery crates or
cases.
1.2.1 Storage conditions
The valves should be stored off the ground in a
clean, dry indoor area.
Protect the valve from temperature and humidity
extremes, and exposure to excessive dust,
moisture, vibration, deformations, sunlight and
ozone.
Recommendations
1. Temperature: storage temperature below
25°C, above 0°C preferable below 15°C.
2. Humidity: storage conditions should be such
that condensation does not occur, store in
a dry environment. Maximal 50% relative
humidity.
3. Light: valve rubbers should be protected
from light, in particular direct sunlight or
strong artificial light with high ultra violet.
4. Ozone: storage rooms should not contain
any equipment generating ozone. E.g.
lamps, electric motors.
IMPORTANT
Before valves are being installed or used the
following actions are recommended.
1. Valves/parts have to be inspected and
thoroughly cleaned if required.
2. Rubber parts need to be greased with silicone
grease if not present anymore.
3. All surfaces in contact with seats have to be
thoroughly cleaned and greased with silicone
grease if stored for more than 5 months.
1.3 Handling
1.3.1 Packed valves
Lifting and handling of the packed valves in
crates should be carried out by appropriate
lifting equipment. If a fork lift truck is used,
appropriate fork hitches are required.
The lifting and handling of packed valves in
cases will be carried out in the lifting points.
The transportation of all packed material
should be carried out safely and according the
local safety regulations.
1.3.2 Unpacked valves
The lifting and the handling of these valves has to
be carried out by using appropriate means and by
respecting the carrying limits. Thehandling must,
preferably, be carried out on pallets, protecting
the machined surfaces and seat to avoid damage.
When lifting the large dimension valves, the
sling and the hooking of the load must be
carried out by using the appropriate tools
(brackets, hook, fasteners) and load balancing
tools in order to prevent the valves from falling
or moving during the lifting and handling.
The valve may be lifted only by slings attached
to the flange holes or lifting eyebolts; never to
the actuator or the valve opening.
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KEYSTONE FIGURE 56 BUTTERFLY VALVES
InstallatIon and MaIntenance InstructIons
2 INSTALLATION
WARNING
For safety reasons, it is important to take the
following precautions before you start work on
the valve:
1.
Personnel making any adjustments to the valves
should utilize suitable equipment. All required
personal protection means should be worn.
2. The line must be depressurized before
installing the valve.
3. Personnel trained in all aspects of manual and
mechanical handling techniques only must
carry out handling of the valves.
4. Misuse of the valve is not allowed. For
example: the valve, handles, actuators or other
parts may not be used as ‘climbing tools’.
5. Ensure that valve pressure/temperature
limitations marked on the identification tag
are within the service conditions. The trim
number on the valve’s tagplate identifies
the valve materials. See Product Manual for
valve specific P/T diagram and trim number
definition.
6. Ensure that valve materials are compatible
with the pipeline fluid.
2.1 Valve inspection
1. Carefully remove the valve from the
shipping package (box or pallet) avoiding any
damage to the valve or, in case of automated
valves, to the electric or pneumatic/
hydraulic actuator or instrumentation.
2. Confirm that the materials of construction
listed on the valve nameplate are
appropriate for the service intended and are
as specified.
3. It is not allowed to use third party spare
parts. In case of third party spare parts, safe
operation is not guaranteed.
2.2 Flange and pipe compatibility
Check matching of flange drilling pattern of
valve and pipe flange before assembly.
Flanges have to meet the following requirements:
• The face inside diameter should be:
D min.: The valve Q-dimension + adequate
disc clearance.
D max.: The inside diameter (ID) of standard
pipe for the nominal size ISO4200.
• Use appropriate flange-gaskets suitable for
the selected valve flanges and pipe flanges.
• Use flange bolting in agreement with
appropriate standard.
2.3 Valve installation
The valves are delivered as uni- or bidirectional valve. An uni-directional valve is
equipped with an arrow on the body. The arrow
points in the direction from high pressure
to low pressure. The preferred direction in
the pipeline is positioning the valve with seat
downstream of the valve shaft. The valve will
control flow not exactly equally in both flow
directions. The recommended installation
position is shaft horizontal and the lower disc
edge opening down-stream. (Especially for
slurry service and media with a tendency for
sedimentation). For optimum valve control and
smooth performance, it is recommended to
have a 10 to 20 pipe diameters of straight run
inlet piping and 3 to 5 pipe diameters straight
outlet piping.
Do not use the valve to spread the flanges.
NOTES
• The valve can be installed in the pipe-line either
with or without the actuator mounted on top of the
valve. Make sure that you can turn the disc cautious
so you can detect a mismatch resulting from a disc
touching the adjacent piping.
• Do not use the valve as a support of the pipe line
construction.
• Adjacent piping must be positioned so that minimal
piping stresses are transmitted to the valve flanges
during or after installation.
• Handling and lifting of the valves during installation
MUST be performed following the same instructions
described in previous paragraph ‘1.3 Handling’.
IMPORTANT
Mating flange faces should be in good condition
and free of dirt and/or inclusions. Both pipe
insides to be well cleaned.
1. Check whether the flange distance meets
the valve face-to-face dimensions. Spread
with adequate tooling the flanges for easy
insertion of the valve.
2. Close the valve so far, that the disc edge is
at least 10mm within the body.
3. Insert the valve with the gaskets between
the flanges, center the valve body and insert
all flange bolts.
4. Maintain the valve flange alignment while
gradually removing the flange-spreaders
and tighten the flange-bolts hand tight.
5. Slowly open and close the valve to check for
adequate disc clearance.
6.
Cross-tighten all bolting to the proper torque.
D max./min.
Q
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