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If you are searching for "Valves" or "Valve Terminology" your search has been successful. Welcome to Little P.Eng for Engineers Training and Valve selection. Actuator: A device that operates a valve by utilizing electricity, pneumatics, hydraulics, or a combination of one or more of these energies. Sometimes actuators are referred to as operators. In this chapter, the word operator will be used for a person who operates any equipment, machine, plant, or system. Ambient condit

Valves are an essential part of any piping system that conveys liquids, gases, vapors, slurries and mixtures of liquid, and gaseous phases of various flow media. Starting with primitive means for stopping, allowing, or diverting water-flow from a source through shallow or deep channels, such as wooden or stone wedges stuck between the edges of a water passage, man has developed several different types of simple and sophisticated valve designs. Different types of valves includ