Butterfly valve: In butterfly valve the controlling element is a disc called as blade, vane or flapper, which rotates in horizontal or vertical direction and allows the fluid to flow. Butterfly valve is suitable for throttling or on-off operation at low pressure drop.
It is economic, easy to install and does not allow the solids to build up. Butterfly valve can be either screw type or of wafer type. Its operation can be manual, power, or automatic Water type butterfly valve is shown. Butterfly value can be used for vacuum operations or pressures upto 80 kg/cm2. It is available in size ranging from 50mm to as large as 900 mm. The blade or flapper of a Butterfly valve can be made from rubber, neoprene, chloro sulphonated polyethylene etc.
