Cost Efficiency
Using Fetterolf Line blind valves can lead to significant cost savings. These cost savings result from:
- Time saving during the blanking process
- Process downtime reduced to a minimum resulting in continued production
- Time and cost saved due to fewer safety related incidents or accidents
Whilst assuring process safety is the most important factor, cost savings add a positive incentive for using the Cam-Set or Cam-Slide
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The cost of installing a fast acting blind valve pays for itself in the shortest possible time. The first area of saving is in the new procedure for blinding. Please see the Comparison section below.Traditional line blinding is achieved in eight difficult, labor intensive and time consuming steps compared to three easy actions in as little as 30 seconds with the Cam-Set and Cam-Slide line blind valves.
But our customers tell us that the biggest cost saving result from much shorter outages during routine maintenance. Changing a large spectacle plate in a critical process line could take up to two days - two days of lost or reduced productivity can add up quickly to hundreds of thousands of dollars in product.
Old Procedure with Steel Blanks
- Loosen and remove all
flange bolts
- Insert cheater bars at
several points to spread the line
- 2-3 operatives exert
significant force to achieve line spread
- Allow any media residue to drain out
- Keeping the line spread remove the gaskets & steel blank
- Insert new gasket and reverse blank
- Re-align pipeline
- Insert flange bolts and tighten
New Procedure using the Cam-Set in 3Easy Steps:
- Turn the hand wheel to un-clamp the spectacle plate
- Swing the plate (or counterweight) to the required position
- Turn the hand wheel to re-clamp the spectacle plate
Time Saving Comparison
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