Q: Hi. I saw the butterfly valves in your website. Some of them is equipped with a handle,some a gearbox, and they all look to be about the same size. Are the two types of operation equivalent? When You Should Apply Gearbox To Butterfly Valve?

A:Gearbox butterfly valves and handle butterfly valves are both butterfly valves that require manual operation, so both of them can also be referred to as manual butterfly valves. For small butterfly valves, the two types of operation can be common. The difference lies in the large-diameter butterfly valves.

Specifically,manual operation is suitable for butterfly valves with a calibre ≤ DN200; And butterfly valves within DN200 can also be operated with agearbox. For butterfly valves of DN200 ormore,Gearbox operation is generally recommended.

The reason is that as the calibre of the butterfly valve increases,  so does the torque. When the calibre exceeds DN200, it will be very hard to operate with the handle, and the larger the calibre, the harder it will be to operated by a handle. Therefore, if the caliber is DN200 or more, it is better to use a gearbox. When Dervos chellenged to manufacture a butterfly valve of DN3750, we used 4 gearbox to drive the gaint guy. For more details welcome to click the picture to read the story.

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