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Product Group Process and General Industrial Safety Valves

High API

controlled
Medium
High operating to set pressure ratio, Yes Series 526
high backpressure Efficiency
or low total height? Flanged safety valves that meet all the requirements of API 526 such as standardized orifices and center-to-
face dimensions. Their robust construction makes them especially suitable for high pressures and materials
like Duplex, Monel or Hastelloy
No
Applications Product features
Clean Refineries Valve sizes 1" through 8", Orifice D through T
Clean Service Yes
application? Service Chemical industry Materials: WCB, CF8M, WC6, LCB and in API Alloy Concept
Petrochemical industry materials like Duplex, Super Duplex, Monel, Hastelloy and
Oil and gas Onshore and Offshore Inconel with short delivery times
No Design according to API 526
Great variety of options and flanged connections available
Standard metal sealing, soft seat as option
Critical
Critical Service / highly corrosive Yes Type 526 Single trim for steam, gas and liquid
application? Service

No

Safety Relief Valves

Compact Performance
API Series 437, 459
API specified Yes Threaded and flanged safety valves with compact dimensions for economical protection of small and
application? mid-sized capacities. Many orifice diameters, seals and connections offer a very wide area of application.

Spring loaded
Applications Product features
No
Thermal relief Great variety of threaded or flanged connections
Air/gas compressors and pumps Valve sizes from 3/8" through 11/2"
Steam, gas and liquid application Modulate Technical gases and CO2 plants Broad set pressure range up to 850 bar / 12328 psig
Yes
with low capacity in relation Action LPG/LNG terminals, carriers etc. Wide range of materials and options to fit any application
to valve size? Chemical equipment and piping Stellited metal sealing for longer product life Type 437
Cryogenic systems and oxygen Soft seat for superior tightness
applications Single trim for steam, gas and liquid

No

Orifice F High Type 459

Performance

Required
Orifice letter? High Performance
Compact Series 441, XXL, 444, 441 Full nozzle, 458
Performance Flanged safety valves with especially high capacity for their size. With a large quantity of valve sizes, pressure
ranges and product options, they have proven themselves as a universal safety valve for many applications.
Orifice F

Applications Product features

Heat exchanger Great variety of types, materials and options
Chemical equipment and piping to fit any application
over valve

Best
Bursting
Change-

General steam installations Valve sizes from DN 20 through DN 400, 1" through 16"
Additional components Yes
disc

beyond safety valves Availability All industrial applications Flange connections according to DIN EN, ANSI/ASME
independent from the medium and other
Air/gas compressors and pumps High capacity compared to the API requirements
Standard metal sealing
Type 441 Single trim for steam, gas and liquid
Safety Valves Safety Valves
Specialties Medium controlled

Clean Service Increase the efficiency of your plant by using

Series 48x Higher operating pressure than is possible with regular spring-loaded safety valves,
Safety valves for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries that meet all the relevant standards and
as High Efficiency safety valves guarantee tightness right until set pressure.
regulations such as DIN 11866 or ASME BPE.
Lower media loss during blow-off because High Efficiency safety valves have low opening
Applications Product features and reseating pressure differences.
Type 485 Pharmaceutical industry Valve sizes DN 25 through DN 100, 1" through 4" Safe operation irrespective of back pressure due to the fact that back pressure has no influence
Breweries Great variety of aseptic connections (e. g. clamps, threads, flanges) on the opening characteristics of High Efficiency safety valves
Food and and option to fit any application
beverage industry Materials: Stainless steel 1.4404 / 316L, 1.4435 / 316L and special
Cosmetic industry Minimum dead space design and flush-mounting capability
Soft seat (FDA compliant elastomers) for superior tightness
High Efficiency
Gap and crevice free design of internals
Series 800 Pilot Operated Safety Valve
Type 483
Elastomer bellows for protection of the hard to clean parts Pilot Operated Safety Valves are employed especially for conditions where the difference
Surface grades according to ASME BPE-2002 and DIN 11866 between set pressure and closing pressure is very small and in cases of high back pressure.
Type 484 Single trim for steam, gas and liquid Applications Product features
Oil and gas production, Valve sizes DN 25 through DN 200, 1" through 8",
onshore, offshore Orifice D through T

Critical Service Refinery (Oil and gas processing) Materials: 1.0619, 1.4408, WCB, LCB, CF8M

Series 447, PTFE-lined 546, 449 Gas distribution Full bore for higher capacity based on nominal size.
Integrated tubing reduces danger of freezing, damage or
PTFE-lined flanged safety valves for corrosive media such as chlorine, acids, and lyes. With their highly
resistant lining they offer a safe solution for corrosive media. leakage
Integrated backflow preventer improves versatility of
Applications Product features standard model

Corrosive or aggressive chemicals
Chemical equipment and piping
Chlorine manufacture and processing
Reducing acids
(e. g. hydrochloric acid, acetic acid)
Alkalis or caustic service
MDI systems
Valve sizes DN 25 through DN 100, 1" through 4"
Flange connections according to DIN EN, ANSI/ASME
and other
PTFE lining or special materials
A PTFE or metal bellows protects the bonnet area
against product influences
Smooth inside surface avoid adherence of corrosive matters High Efficiency
Single trim for steam, gas and liquid
Series 800 Supplementary Loading System
Supplementary loading systems provide optimal tightness right up to set pressure and improved
Type 447 protection for high temperature media and high set pressures.

Applications Product features

Steam producers Adjustable opening and reseating pressure difference
Paper mills for adjustment to plant situation.
Modulate Action
Sugar refineries Decoupling of control system and safety valve, this means
Series 433 that safety valves with supplementary loading can also
Flanged safety valves with a standard or proportional opening characteristic. They minimize medium loss
be used under extreme conditions such as e.g. temperatures
when opening and are used for thermal relief applications, liquid service and protection from pressure peaks.
above 500 C or contaminated fluids.
Applications Product features The triple redundancy of pressure tapping and regulation
guarantees the maximum possible reliability.
Thermal expansion Great variety materials and options to fit any application
The Series 700 can also be fitted to competitor safety valves
Reciprocating compressors and plants Valve sizes DN 15 through DN 150, 1/2" through 6"
to ensure a stable system operation.
with pulsating operating pressure Flange connections according to DIN EN, ANSI/ASME
Heat transfer oil systems and other
Protection of liquids Low overall height and low weight
Overflow operation One connection size for inlet and outlets
Type 433 Mechanical engineering (OEM) Single trim for steam, gas and liquid
 VALVESTAR

Safety Valves Valvestar

Additional products and components The sizing software for safety valves LESER GmbH & Co. KG
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Change-over valves are used to connect two safety valves to a pressure system. One safety valve is in operation and
the other one is on standby. The safety valve on standby can be dismounted and serviced during ongoing operation
of the system the protection of the system against excessive pressure remains guaranteed.

Best Availability
Type 310 Change-over Valve
Change-over valves allow uninterrupted plant availability which increases plant productivity.

Applications Product features

Change-over Valves are used in plants which cannot or Uninterrupted operation

should not be switched off such as: Simple handling
Storage tanks for industrial gas Heavy-duty design VALVESTAR, the sizing program for safety valves developed by LESER, supports all leading worldwide codes and
Bitumen plants standards. In addition to calculations and sizing the program provides user designed and configurable individual
Oil fields
reports for technical documentation and archiving.
Ethylene plants
Refineries

Program highlights

Sizing: Settings:
Sizing of safety valves according to leading Customisable user interface:
The combination of a LESER safety valve and bursting disc worldwide codes and standards such as:
User specified profile settings with preselection
combines the advantages of both safety devices. API 520, ASME VIII, ISO 4126, AD 2000-Merkblatt A2
of units, calculation methods etc.
Calculation of two-phase flow in accordance with
More than 15 languages selectable
API 520 Appendix D (-method) and fire case in
Best Availability accordance with API 521
Series 350 Safety Valve Bursting Disc combination Evaluation of inlet pressure drop, back pressure in VALVESTAR Web:
A bursting disc safety valve combination meets the highest tightness requirements and ensures controlled pipework, reaction forces as well as noise levels
operation after a bursting disc bursts. Online-calculation for safety valves and projects
at www.valvestar.com without any software

Applications Product features

Reports: installation

Selectable report types, e.g. project report,

The combination of bursting disc and safety valve Conformance to highest single page report
is the solution for the following applications: tightness requirements. Customisable design of report layouts
Protection of the safety valve from corrosion or coatings. Combination of advantages of (company logo, address etc.)
Protection from operating conditions which safety valve and bursting disc
Range of data export formats,
could impair the functionality of the safety valve. in TUEV certified connection.
e.g. XLS, RTF, PDF, etc.
Safeguarding of the process with the highest possible tightness. Controlled operation after bursting
To prevent a complete media loss after the bursting of bursting disc Integrated material part lists and sectional drawings
of the bursting disc. for all LESER safety valves
Avoidance of an uncontrolled shut down of a plant
after the bursting of the bursting disc. Design and handling:
To achieve cost advantages for aggressive media.
A user friendly Wizard function leads step-by-step
through the calculations
Microsoft .Net based architecture offers latest
graphical user interface for easy handling and
enhanced performance
Proven Technology
Flanged Safety Valves
LESER safety valves have been engineered and steadily developed, in close cooperation with plant engineers and
service specialists, simplifying design with fewer components for less down time, fewer spare parts and lower main-
tenance costs.
Integral cast support brackets for safe handling
of the valves (API and heavy safety valves).
Options
LESERs safety valves can be customized
with a great variety of options.
For further information please refer to
Available options of each Type.
Proven Technology
Compact Performance Safety Valves
One piece spindle allows better alignment. One piece spindle reduces friction and allows
better alignment.
Guiding: Upper and lower guiding with small surface
areas help reduce friction, a major cause of galling.
Long spring allows large pressure range for each
Long spring allows large pressure range for each spring thus drastically reducing the overall number of
spring thus drastically reducing the overall number different springs.
of different springs.
Single trim for steam, gas and liquids
for fewer spare valves in your stock
and therefore lower storage costs.
Single trim for steam, gas and liquids
for fewer spare valves in your stock Stellited or hardened metal sealing for
and therefore lower storage costs. longer product life.
Metal seal
Stellited or hardened metal sealing
for longer product life.
Soft seat solutions for superior tightness
O-ring or sealing plate design
Soft seat solutions for superior tightness
Two designs: O-ring disc or plastic seat
O-ring Sealing plate
O-ring Sealing plate
LESER defines the set pressure as initial audible
discharge (not pop). This avoids damage to valve
seats during set pressure testing and allows for higher
shut-off closer to set point.
Threaded or flanged connections for optimized Self-draining body avoids residue build-up
adaption to the plant. and reduces corrosion.
Self-draining body avoids residue build-up
and reduces corrosion.
API: Full nozzle design
High Performance:
Semi nozzle full bore design
Male thread Female Thread Flanged version
Threaded connections male or female Flanged connections
acc. to NPT ANSI/ASME B1.20.1. acc. to ANSI/ASME B16.5
Threads according to other standards, Flanges acc. to other standards,
e.g. ISO, DIN, BSP are also available. e.g. ISO, DIN, JIS are also available.
The Company Why LESER
LESER GmbH & Co. KG 7 good reasons to use LESER safety valves

With more than 800 employees, LESER is the larg-

est manufacturer of safety valves in Europe and a
leader in its market worldwide.
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LESER safety valves are used by leading compa- Availability Quality
nies in industries such as chemical, petrochemical, LESER is known for short LESERs strength is based on
industrial gases, oil and gas production, and response and short delivery advanced advisory skills and
machine building, as well as the food and pharma- times. support services as well as
ceutical industry. This is secured by the factory excellent product and service
as well as by the 26 central quality. Reliability
warehouses worldwide and
Product Range Modern manufacturing meth-
LESER offers spring-loaded and pilot-operated LESERs product range The reliability of LESER and
85 LESER authorized repair ods, testing facilities for air, its products is an inherent
safety valves for all industrial applications according includes 9 product groups
centers (LARCS). liquids and steam (ASME and part of the corporate philoso-
with altogether 40 safety
to PED and ASME VIII as well as application-based Unlike the competitors LESER PED approved), standardized phy.
valve types.
solutions for special requirements. keeps a high stock of raw and controlled processes as This philosophy is character-
LESER Kontor in Hamburg, Germany This means that LESERs
material ready. This fact well as motivated and highly ized by high compliance with
product range offers the right
together with a high degree qualified employees ensures
LESER safety valves are developed for the interna- of vertical integration allows
product for almost every
LESER a great competitive
confirmed delivery dates, sus-
tional market at our headquarters in Hamburg / Ger- Hohenwestedt / Germany. In addition, LESER India application. Multiple options tainable actions, highest qual-
quick deliveries within 3 days advantage. ity as well as reinvestments
many and manufactured at our modern factory in produces safety valves for the local market. and special materials com-
as well as fast track within LESERs quality management of more than 16 Mil. in the
plete the range as well as
24 hours for all standard disposes of multiple certifica- past few years in production
client-specific solutions. All
Eight subsidiaries in Europe, America, the Middle safety relief valves. tions and supervises all steps facilities and the company in
safety valves have the neces-
of development, engineering
East, and Asia, as well as authorized and trained sary certifications for world- general.
and manufacturing. All safety valve series are
representatives in over 80 countries guarantee com- wide applications.
LESER Safety Relief Valves
As a partner LESER offers thoroughly engineered and
petent consulting and quick, reliable delivery.

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are unique in design and are routinely undergo exhaustive
a complete knowledge in all
exclusively manufactured in checks in LESERs own TV
ranges of possible applica-
Germany. The final assembly and ASME-certified test labo-
All LESER Safety Valves carry CE and ASME tions of safety valves and is
is mainly carried out locally. ratory.
well established in the PED
A product 100% made in This is how LESER can offer
and the ASME field.
Germany can also be pro- a consistently high quality of
vided. products and services to the
Global Player customer.

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LESERs sales network is
UV present in all core markets

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LESER factory in Hohenwestedt, Germany around the world.
This enables LESER to act as
a local provider, having funda-
mental knowledge of the local
market, the cultural environ-
Time line ment and understanding the Sustainability
customers. LESER looks back on a
1885 1957 1980s 1994 2003 2014 2015 2016 The local LESER Product history of over 190 years and Price
Complete range First test lab Leading Test lab receives Launch of the LESER API / Compact Move into Champion is key to this know is one of the first manufac- A highly automated produc-
of steam fittings, for safety supplier for ASME certifica- API Series subsidiary Performance LESER Kontor ledge. turers of safety valves world- tion in Germany guarantees an
including safety valves safety valves tion (first and only founded in valves produced in Hamburg, LESER offers documentation wide. attractive cost / performance
valves in Europe outside of the US) Tianjin, China at LESER India Germany
and catalogs in 15 different The company is family owned ratio for safety valves and
for local market
languages to assist the cus- for the past 5 generations. spares.
tomer with the selection and 100 % of the shares are LESER continuously invests
sizing. family-owned. in personnel, machinery and
The LESER family reinvests buildings to continue to pro-
continuously in state-of-the- vide this cost / performance
art machinery and raw mate- ratio and service quality to its
rial stocks to keep ahead on customers.
future standards.
This trust in LESER and its
1943
1818 Destruction of the 2015 products is proved by a
Founded as a plant, relocation and 1998 2010 Pilot Operated 2016 world-wide installed base of
brass foundry founding of new 1970s 1990 First Launch of the Safety Valve LESER Brasil more than 2,000,000 safety
in Hamburg, factory in Hohenwe- Specialization in First ASME subsidiary Pilot Operated assembly at moves into new valves.
Germany stedt, Germany safety valves approval founded Safety Valve LESER US facility
LESER worldwide

LESER UK LESER Germany Andr Ramseyer AG LESER China

Bristol Hamburg and Flamatt, Switzerland Tianjin, Beijing,
sales@leser.co.uk Hohenwestedt info@ramseyer.ch Shanghai and Shenzhen
sales@leser.com sales.china@leser.com

LESER Poland
Poznan
leser@leser.pl

LESER USA LESER France

Charlotte (NC) Toulouse
salesus@leser.com contact@leser.fr
LESER Singapore
Singapore
sales@leser.com.sg

LESER Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
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Al Manamah Dubai Mumbai and Paithan
salesme@leser.com sales.uae@leser.com sales@leser.co.in

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