Document: Maintenance instruction
Product: HL/HG/HP/HPT/HX
Issue: 4
Issue date: 2017-02-27
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8. Lock the gate clevis (17) with the locking nut (28).
9. Function test the knife gate valve.
10. Assemble the gate guards (16).
11. Install the valve in the system according to the operating instruction.
12. Operate the valve a few times before the system is pressurised.
G - Change of gate and guide strips
To be able to change gate and guide strips in the HL/HG/HP/HPT/HX knife gate valve, the
valve must not be installed in the system. Place the valve horizontally on a work bench.
The valve body sides do not require to be divided when only changing the gate.
The body gasket in the knife gate valve HL, HG, HP, HPT and HX differs depending on the
valve size and date of manufacture. Please contact Stafsjö Valves AB or your local
representative if you have any questions.
Previously has the body gasket been a traditional gasket between the valve body sides.
New sealing principles have gradually been introduced.
The traditional gasket has been replaced by graphite tape for smaller valves. For larger
sizes the body gasket is a round bar of PTFE in HL/HG/HP/HPT/HX. The PTFE bar is
mounted in a groove in between the valve body sides. It can be spotted in each end of the
bottom of the box. The following instructions describe change of guide strips and gate.
Traditional body gasket (old solution)
1. Remove the actuator (1/18) and box packing (9), see chapter B.
2. Remove the retainer ring (12) and seat (13), see chapter A.
3. Remove the gate (6) and check it for damages such as dents and scrapes. If the gate
is damaged it can wear out the box packing (9) and the seat (13), causing leakage.
Stafsjö recommends changing the gate if it is damaged to ensure the function of the
valve.
4. Clean the valve body (10) and gate (6) from residues.
5. Check and if necessary replace the guide strips (14a/b) in the valve body sides (10)
by dividing the valve body (10) into two valve body sides. Otherwise skip to step 12.
6. Attach the new gasket (11) with gasket glue on one valve body side. If the gasket is
cut from a large sheet, cut out a strip as wide as the gasket surface.
7. If the gasket does not have holes for the screw joint reinforcement, press a hole in one
corner and use a screw in each corner to fix the gasket strip while pressing out the
rest of the holes.
8. Put gasket glue on the gasket (11).
9. Mount the other side of the valve body and guide the gasket and valve body sides with
screws in the corners of the valve body.
10. Assemble greased screws, washers and nuts in the screw joint reinforcement.
11. Beginning in the middle, tighten the screws crosswise and gradually until they are fully
tightened. Recommended torque values are described in chapter E.
12. Place the gate (6) in the valve body. Check that the gate clevis hole is placed towards
the valve top and actuator.
13. Assemble the other components in reversed order, see step 1-2.
14. Install the valve in the system according to the operating instruction.
15. Operate the valve a few times before the system is pressurised.