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Technical Guide

How to Select a Ball Valve: A Field Guide

The dimensions a sourcing engineer actually checks — DN, PN/Class/WOG, material, seat, ends, port and actuation — before raising an RFQ.

Technical Guide

Ball Valve vs Gate Valve: Which to Choose

Structure, speed, sealing, pressure drop, size range, maintenance and cost — how to specify the right isolating valve.

Technical Guide

Floating vs Trunnion Ball Valve: Sourcing Guide

Sealing, pressure limits, torque, cost and typical applications — which construction to specify, and when.

Technical Guide

Rexroth A10VSO vs Aftermarket Equivalents

Displacement, control options, porting and the interchange details that separate a drop-in from a near-miss.

Technical Guide

How to Read a Hydraulic Pump Displacement

Read cc/rev from the model code, convert displacement × speed to flow, and size a pump by pressure, flow and drive speed.

Technical Guide

Valve Material Selection Guide

Brass, SS304/316, carbon steel, cast iron, duplex — matching body and seat to media, temperature and destination market.

Technical Guide

PN vs Class Pressure Rating

Why PN, ASME Class and WOG are not interchangeable — and how temperature de-rating changes the number on the nameplate.

Technical Guide

API 600 vs API 602 Gate Valves

Cast-steel large-bore refinery isolation versus forged small-bore — which standard to specify and when.

Technical Guide

Gear Pump vs Piston Pump

Pressure, efficiency, noise, cost, and fixed vs variable displacement — when each hydraulic pump type wins.

Technical Guide

Material 3.1 vs 3.2 Certificates Explained

What EN 10204 3.1 and 3.2 prove, who signs them, and when EPC buyers insist on third-party witness.

Technical Guide

Butterfly Valve Sizing Guide

Wafer vs lug, concentric vs offset, Cv/Kv basics, and when a butterfly beats a ball valve above DN150.

Industry Solution

Valves & Pumps for Desalination Plants

Seawater materials, RO high-pressure vs intake/pre-treatment duties, and how to RFQ a consolidated package.

RU

Как выбрать шаровой кран

Ду/PN, Class/WOG, материалы, седло, присоединение и привод — локализация для РФ/СНГ с ГОСТ/ТР ТС.

RU

Шаровой кран vs задвижка

Скорость, герметичность, перепад давления и стоимость — какую отсечную арматуру специфицировать.

RU

Аналог Rexroth A10VSO

Семь параметров drop-in замены гидронасоса — рабочий объём, вал, порты, сквозной привод.

RU

PN vs Class: давление

Почему PN, ASME Class и WOG не взаимозаменяемы — и как температурная дерация меняет цифру на шильдике.

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