Trelleborg Sealing Solutions worked in partnership with LB Bentley, specialists in creating small bore subsea valves for subsea applications, to support the company in its development of its Medium Duty Rotary Gate Valve. The new gate valve incorporates a custom seal that demonstrates pioneering stem sealing technology that reduces the “risk of contamination and failure”. The seal was specifically engineered for this compact and robust subsea valve that has already achieved field-proven success.
As subsea oil and gas exploration becomes increasingly challenging, LB Bentley realised a highly specialised gate valve that met a wide range of extreme working pressures and operating temperatures, was needed. To this end, it developed its innovative Medium Duty Rotary Gate Valve, which has minimal moving parts and a time-saving quarter-turn mechanism that can be operated manually or with hydraulics. Even in the event of over-torque the internal parts of the valve cannot be damaged and will continue to rotate and function as normal.
Trelleborg developed a custom version of its Turcon® Variseal® MC with high pressure extrusion resistance and back pressure protection in NORSOK M-710 compliant PTFE and PEEK materials to provide the main stem sealing function. In order to cater for subsea use, Trelleborg’s Turcon® Glyd Ring® T was selected as a contaminant exclusion seal.
A wide range of sizes, pressures, materials and interfaces are available from 3/8″ through to 1″ nominal bore, up to 15,000psi (1,034 bar) in both FF and HH trims. Designs are qualified to API 6A 20th Edition and API 17D 2nd Edition for the temperature range -29°C to 150°C, to a water depth of 10,000ft.
