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A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a round or rectangular gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid. The distinct feature of a gate valve is the sealing surfaces between the gate and seats are planar, so gate valves are often used when a straight-line flow of fluid and minimum restriction is desired. The gate faces can form a wedge shape or they can be parallel. Gate valves are primarily used to permit or prevent the flow of liquids, but typical gate valves shouldn't be used for regulating flow, unless they are specifically designed for that purpose. Because of their ability to cut through liquids, gate valves are often used in the petroleum industry. For extremely thick fluids, a specialty valve often known as a knife valve is used to cut through the liquid.〔http://www.stoneleigh-eng.com/knifevalve.html〕 On opening the gate valve, the flow path is enlarged in a highly nonlinear manner with respect to percent of opening. This means that flow rate does not change evenly with stem travel. Also, a partially open gate disk tends to vibrate from the fluid flow. Most of the flow change occurs near shutoff with a relatively high fluid velocity causing disk and seat wear and eventual leakage if used to regulate flow. Typical gate valves are designed to be fully opened or closed.〔Fluid Power, Naval Education and Training Command, NAVETRA 12964, July 1990, 0502-LP-213-2300〕 When fully open, the typical gate valve has no obstruction in the flow path, resulting in very low friction loss.〔http://www.tpub.com/content/engine/14105/css/14105_87.htm〕 Gate valves are characterised as having either a rising or a nonrising stem. Rising stems provide a visual indication of valve position because the stem is attached to the gate such that the gate and stem rise and lower together as the valve is operated. Nonrising stem valves may have a pointer threaded onto the upper end of the stem to indicate valve position, since the gate travels up or down the stem on the threads without raising or lowering the stem. Nonrising stems are used underground or where vertical space is limited. Bonnets provide leakproof closure for the valve body. Gate valves may have a screw-in, union, or bolted bonnet. Screw-in bonnet is the simplest, offering a durable, pressure-tight seal. Union bonnet is suitable for applications requiring frequent inspection and cleaning. It also gives the body added strength. Bolted bonnet is used for larger valves and higher pressure applications. Another type of bonnet construction in a gate valve is pressure seal bonnet. This construction is adopted for valves for high pressure service, typically in excess of 2250 psi (15 MPa). The unique feature about the pressure seal bonnet is that the body-bonnet joint seal improves as the internal pressure in the valve increases, compared to other constructions where the increase in internal pressure tends to create leaks in the body-bonnet joint. Gate valves may have flanged ends which are drilled according to pipeline compatible flange dimensional standards. Gate valves are typically constructed from cast iron, ductile iron, cast carbon steel, gun metal, stainless steel, alloy steels, and forged steels. All-metal gate valves are typically used in ultra-high vacuum chambers to isolate regions of the chamber.〔http://www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com/know-how/valves-and-components/valves/technology.action?chapter=tec6.5〕 ==Images== Image:Valve.jpg|Stainless steel gate valve Image:Gate_valve.JPG|Stainless steel gate valve Image:Inconel_gate_valve--The-Alloy-Valve-Stockist.JPG|Inconel gate valve casting Image:Cryogenic-gate-valve-The-Alloy-Valve-Stockist.JPG|Cryogenic 254 SMO gate valve Image:Cryogenic-stainless-steel-gate-valve-The-Alloy-Valve-Stockist.JPG|Cryogenic super duplex gate valve frozen up during operation Image:Valve-nuts-bolts-The-Alloy-Valve-Stockist.jpg|Nuts and bolts for incoloy valves Image:MunicipalGateValve.JPG|Gate valve being installed on new water service to fire hydrant. The valve material is ductile iron. Image:Drehantrieb auf schieber.jpg|An electric multi-turn actuator on a gate valve 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gate valve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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