Ball Type Diverter Valve

The Ball-type Diverter Valve is a core fluid/particle switching device specifically designed for multi-pipe media control scenarios. Leveraging the company's years of experience in valve manufacturing and fluid control technology, it integrates L-type and T-type dual-flow-channel designs with a "ball valve core" at its core. This allows for flexible media diversion, merging, and flow direction switching, while also offering advantages such as reliable sealing, wear resistance, and ease of operation. Manufactured in strict accordance with industry standards such as GB/T 9092 and API 598, it is suitable for various media including gases, liquids, powders, and granules. It is widely used in industries such as chemical, metallurgical, new energy, food and pharmaceutical, and water treatment, completely solving industry pain points such as cumbersome multi-pipe switching, leakage, and high flow resistance, simplifying pipeline layout and improving system operating efficiency.

As a key hub for multi-pipeline media control, this product's three core functions work together to connect different pipeline systems, enabling flexible media management while ensuring operational stability and ease of use, and adapting to various process requirements:

Flexible flow direction switching : The rotatable ball valve core (built-in L-type or T-type precision flow channel) can quickly switch the flow direction of the medium by rotating 90°. The L-type flow channel is suitable for the switching requirements of two inlets and one outlet or one inlet and two outlets. The T-type flow channel can realize three-way interconnection, diversion or merging. No additional valve combination is required, simplifying the pipeline layout and adapting to the process flow that is frequently switched.

Precise diversion and merging : The T-shaped flow channel design can accurately realize the division of one medium into two outputs, or the merging of two mediums into one output. With the intelligent positioner, the flow rate can be precisely adjusted with an adjustment accuracy of ±1%, meeting the medium ratio and diversion control requirements of different processes, ensuring uniform medium distribution, and guaranteeing the stability of the production process.

Precision sealing to prevent leakage : The structure of soft sealing and hard sealing is selected. The soft sealing uses high polymer materials such as PTFE and PEEK to achieve zero leakage (compliant with ANSI Class VI standard); the hard sealing uses wear-resistant and high-temperature resistant materials such as Stellite alloy and tungsten carbide to adapt to high pressure and high temperature working conditions, effectively blocking media leakage, avoiding material waste and safety hazards, and ensuring cleanliness of the workshop and production safety.

1. Flexible flow channel design and diverse functions

The valve core has two built-in flow channels: L-type and T-type. The L-type flow channel allows for 90° flow direction switching and is suitable for two-pipe reversal scenarios. The T-type flow channel enables three modes: diversion, merging, and three-way interconnection, adapting to complex pipeline control requirements. The flow channel corners adopt a smooth rounded transition design (rounded radius ≥ 1.5 times the pipe inner diameter) to reduce media resistance and turbulence, reduce system operating energy consumption, and adapt to the conveying control of easily jammed media such as powders and granular materials.

2. Excellent sealing performance, suitable for multiple working conditions.

The soft seal or hard seal mode can be selected according to the working conditions: the soft seal is suitable for low pressure and clean media (such as food and pharmaceutical industries), with a temperature range of -30℃ to 180℃, and a tight seal without leakage; the hard seal is suitable for high pressure, high temperature and high wear conditions, with tungsten carbide (thickness 0.2~0.5mm) sprayed on the surface of the ball, with a temperature range of -196℃ to 650℃, and a pressure of up to Class 2500+, suitable for extreme working conditions such as petrochemical and metallurgical industries, and has no leakage and no wear during long-term operation [5].

3. Easy to operate and quick to respond

It supports three driving modes: manual, electric and pneumatic. Manual driving only requires rotating 90°~135° to complete the switching, which saves effort. Electric and pneumatic driving can achieve second-level switching action, support remote control and automation linkage, adapt to industrial automation production lines, and eliminate the need for manual on-site operation, which greatly improves production efficiency. The valve stem and ball are rigidly connected by keyway, and a guide shaft is provided at the bottom to prevent offset under high pressure and jamming [3].

4. Wear-resistant and durable, with a long service life.

The valve body is made of cast steel or stainless steel (304, 316L, CF8/CF8M optional) precision casting, with a robust structure, high strength and not easy to deform; the ball valve core is precision machined and hardened, with a smooth and wear-resistant surface, which can effectively resist media erosion and corrosion; the impeller blades can be hard alloy welded (HRC≥60), which is suitable for high abrasion particles and corrosive media; the bearing seat adopts an isolation sealing design to prevent media from entering, extend the life of core components and reduce maintenance costs [4][5].

5. Compact structure and strong installation adaptability.

Compared with the combination of "ordinary ball valve + pipeline tee", it has a high degree of integration, a volume reduction of 30%~50%, and saves installation space. It is especially suitable for space-constrained scenarios such as ship engine room and equipment integrated pipeline. The nominal diameter covers DN15~DN250, and the interface adopts GB/T 9113 and ANSI B16.5 standard flange connection. It can be seamlessly connected with various pipeline systems and conveying equipment, supports horizontal and vertical installation methods, does not require complex modification, and has strong adaptability [4].

6. Easy to maintain and low operating costs

Adopting a modular design, vulnerable parts such as valve seats and seals can be disassembled and replaced individually without the need to completely dismantle the valve, improving maintenance efficiency by more than 50%. The standardized configuration of vulnerable parts makes procurement convenient, and they are wear-resistant and durable, reducing the frequency of replacement. The equipment has low vibration and noise during operation, low failure rate, and can run continuously for a long time, significantly reducing downtime maintenance costs and labor input.

Shanghai Hanye Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in fluid and particle control, focusing on the pain points of multi-pipeline switching. With "flexibility, efficiency, reliable sealing, durability, and convenience" as its core principles, it provides customers with highly reliable and adaptable ball-type diverter valves and related solutions. For detailed parameters, operating condition adaptation solutions, or on-site case studies, please feel free to contact us!