THE KLINGER PISTON VALVE

The first ever Seat less and Glandless Piston valve Invented in 1922. The Klinger piston
valve has been in existence for more than Ninety years, including Thirty years in India.

The Seat less and Glandless concept is very simple with resilient rings in conjunction with
a metallic Piston form a leak-proof system, which is supremely effective and durable.

Rings -The heart of the valve. Uni Klinger offers application based choices.

The KORP Ring-For standard applications like Steam. Why. Because it has a wide temp,
Pressure and Media resistance. Impregnated with Graphite and elastomer bonding,
imparts excellent resilience and lubrication properties, so necessary in the Piston valves.

KFG- Klingerflon, Glass reinforced PTFE for Refrigerant, Pharma and various Chemical
applications, up to (-) 80Deg C.

KxGT- [Klinger extreme-Graphite and Tanged], is a Graphite ring, with temperature

resistance from [Cryogenic] (-)196 Deg C to 560 Deg C.

USP is manufacturing method. Klinger rings use Alternate Graphite lamellae whose
density to porosity is adjusted to give some compressibility and Steel shims which are
TANGED, to ensure Integrity ,excellent resiliency as well as recovery on Hot tightening.

Proven performance of these valves on more than 230 Industrial media. In India we
extended the base by adding another 80 new media.

More than a Million valve installations are out there in the field. Variety of installations
encompassing, All industry segments, Critical-Non-critical, Mild to Severe, Simple to
Complex, Hazardous to Inert, Low pressure to High pressure, Cryogenic to High Temp
applications. Approvals from all the Consultants the presence is wide and deep.

Choice of Material from Std Carbon Steels to Exotic St Steels,

The Pressure balanced as well as un-balanced design- for sizes beyond 50mm.
The unbalanced design is ideally recommended for Vacuum applications up to 10-3 Torr,
and can be modified to handle finer vacuum too.
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Klinger valves have been tested for Helium leak test and Fire Safe. Leakage rate: 10
torr liters per second has been documented.

The Forged Piston valve Mfd as per API std. Inclined design for better flow characteristics,
FOUR BOLT design as per the demands of the API stds, and standard bore for max flow.
 Piston valves Add on Features: Actuators [Pneumatic, Electro-pneumatic and Hydraulic],
Heating Jackets, Extended Spindles and Regulating characteristics.

Easy availability of spares, Interchangeable spares, Simple tools, Ease of maintenance,

Assistance during Installation and Commissioning and a prompt After Sales Service is what
sets Uni Klinger apart.

Uni Klinger - Think of Solution. Think of us.

Misleading claims Actual facts

Roller burnishing is the final finishing process
of piston resulting in (0.2 to 0.6 M Ra). This
results in higher
MTBM.
Inner surface of the Valve body where
sealing rings are fitted, is also burnished,
this in turn helps in perfect sealing on the
body.
This enables leak proof isolation, shut off
class - 6 i.e. Bubble tight shut off.
Standardization :
Only one type of Sealing Ring is required for
upper & lower side. This eliminates human
error in assembly.
Burnishing is a technology available in the industry
for more than four decades. Any manufacturer
worth his salt knows the relevance of the
operation. A standard process followed in our
works. Nothing Earth shattering
Piston, Bore and the surface seating the ring are
Inter dependant. Common sense requires all metal
surfaces to have a identical finish for rings to give
a superior performance. A standard process. So
what new?
Shut off Class VI + was and is and shall remain a
standard feature in UKL piston valves with or
without the above enhancements. The tests and
leak tightness have proper International
Validation. Test results can be furnished if
required.
Lack of innovation. Thrusting ones will and
limitations on the other, leaving no choice to the
buyer, which could be more appropriate,
economical and novel, and it is called
standardization, and NO human error.

This helps in keeping minimum inventory of If there are choices which are application based,
spares. and functionally acceptable and also economical,
is it wrong? Inventory would be the last thing on
anyone’s mind.
 Misleading claims
Only one type of sealing ring i.e. Asbestos
free SS reinforced Graphite Sealing rings
for all applications like Steam,
Superheated steam , Thermic Fluid,
Ammonia, Compressed Air, Condensate
etc. Sealing rings have unique feature of
softness& compressive strength to combat
against zero leakage up to the
temperature of 427 0 C
For 80 NB & above sizes, our valves are
with Balanced Piston which minimizes
effort required for closing the valve from
open condition. No valve key is required
Actual facts
A proven ring technology with a temperature
resistance from-196 Deg C up to 550 Deg. C based on
applications only. Competitors source the rings from
the companies which allegedly do not have adequate
experience in manufacturing the ring with correct
technology. This puts the entire performance of the
valve itself into question
Rings are the heart of the valve.
Klinger Piston valves have, successfully stood the
performance tests for more than 200 Industrial
media.
90 Years of existence of the Piston valves cannot be
wished away nor its reputation sullied by such
preposterous claims based on misinformation and
mischief.
Classic case of lack of information or inadequate
information. Popular design is balance Piston valve
design.
The unbalanced design has its own reason for
existence, including application like vacuum,
economy for critical low pressure media etc. But does
one understand? And this incomplete information is
circulated as authentic thus confusing and misguiding
the customer.
15 mm to 40 mm of valves are available in reduced
bore design by these competitors. It is not a sound
engineering practice to take reduced bore design.
Sizes up to 40 mm contributed to 50 to 60 % of the
market share. Hence competitors saving money by
giving the products not complying with standards.
UKL give these valves with standard bore.
Two bolt designs offered in sizes 15 to 20 mm which
is again not as per standard. The standard demands
that the valve should have minimum four studs on the
body and bonnet assembly .UKL complies by the
standard, giving 4 bolt design, inclined pattern for
improved flow characteristics and standard bore for
improved Cv.
UKL has a ongoing collaboration with Klinger, who are the inventors of Piston valve have
complete competency in the product.

The surface finish in UKL case is Mirror finish, Klinger has been mfg PV for the last 90 years
with growing acceptability worldwide. If any product can claim Class VI zero leak valve, it is
the UKL KPV.

UKL provides Burnished Piston and Bore.

There is a reason for PTFE sandwich; there is also a alternative of doing away with PTFE. UKL
has both options, and more, depending on applications.

The rings are asbestos based, and have a wider base w.r.t. applications, temperature etc.
Being more resilient give class VI or Zero leaks.

UKL has also other options which are Graphite based with a far wider range of applications
[(-) 196deg C to (+) 560Deg.C]. Any claim of UKL temp limitations of 300Deg C is nothing but
ignorance.

Commonly used Graphite rings are sandwiched between SS Foils. Graphite does not have
resiliency at all. Knowing this UKL devised its version of Graphite rings with TANGED SS
inserts, alternating graphite lamina, imparting resiliency, resistance, with temp range of
[-]196 to [+]560Deg.C

UKL has more options, for the buyer. People who know have only to speak to UKL when in
doubt. Inventory is the last thing on their mind.

Competing manufacturers have common body for 15 and 20mm, so they conveniently take
the dimension of 20mm, and claim larger sealing area for both 15 mm & 20 mm valves.

UKL have different bodies for 15 and 20mm so different bore and different sealing and flow
area.

All competitors mfr Valves, 15 - 40mm are A105, which are reduced bore, by design. Yet UKL
has std bore for both 15 as well as 20mm and so forth, which is intermediate between
Reduced and Full bore.

Klinger could have increased the sealing area by increasing the ht. of the rings, but Klinger
knows better than that, as increase in Ht has its own disadvantage, which affects the flow.
Competition has perforce to resort to increase in ht for improving sealing area due to non
resiliency of graphite and quality of rings.
Contemporary Forged valves which are A105, are #800, as per their spec. Class 800 are
generally available only in API stds. Which clearly state that any forged valve, #800, should
be a 4 bolt design, which UKL is providing and other doesn’t. Further UKL gives an inclined
bonnet which gives improved Cv and flow characteristics.

UKL has an on-going Techno -Commercial collaboration with Klinger who are the inventors of
Piston valves.
 Comparison
Piston valve vs. Globe valve
Piston valve Globe valve
1. SeatlessGlandless. 100%LEAK 1. Seat at bottom, Gland with LEAK ACROSS
TIGHTNESS Stuffing box. PORTS VERY
ASSURED COMMON
2. Sealing area - relatively 2. Reduced sealing area i.e.
large i.e. entire inner area between disc and seat.
surface of ring.

1. Piston-Unexposed to NO 1. Seat & Disc constantly EROSION

media. EROSION exposed to media. OF DISC &
OF PISTON SEAT - VERY
* DURABILITY* COMMON
2. Foreign matters are 2. Solid particles remains on
swept away by seat.
descending Piston.

3. Valve rings are resilient 3. Disc and Seat are metallic.

Special Klinger Design- STAY TIGHT Conventional Valve Design- LEAKGE

DURING DURING
THERMAL 1. THERMAL
1. EXPANSION EXPANSION
Bellevile washer with Chattering between disc and
rings produces spring seat very common.
action.

1. No Leakage of Toxic ENERGY/COST 1. Loss of fluid due to leakage. LEAKAGE-COSTLY

aggressive media. SAVING & HAZARDOUS

1. Replacement of rings MAINTENANCE 1. Seat & Disc calls for lapping NOT ONLY
makes Valve new. COST / grinding. COSTLY BUT
* NEGLIGIBLE* TIME CONSUMING
2. No tapping / grinding 2. Valve to be removed from TOO
line..
3. Valve remains on line
during maintenance.