Technica alArticle ValveLo ockoutSelec ction Valvesc comeinawi iderangeof fshapesand dsizes.Choo osing therightlockingdevicecansee emachallen ngingtask.Butit e.

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Whether you have ball valves gate valve plug valves, es, s, globeva alvesorbutte erflyvalves,therearetw wofactorswh hichdetermi inewhattyp peoflockingdeviceis needed. These are the method of operatio followed by the size of the valv Many va . d on e ve. alves are manually operated via a hand wheel, lev (wrench) or sometim the vallve might be power ver ) mes de.g.electricmotor,hyd draulicorpn eumaticactu uator. actuated Regardle essoftheme ethodofope eration,allva alvescanbelockedoutinsomeway y. Manualvalves For manua wheel ope al, erated valve you can u es used a wheel lockout device, sim milar to thos manufact se tured by Ma aster Lock or Brady. o They are d designed to encapsulate the wheel o the valve thereby of e blockingac ccesstothe wheelandp preventingo peration.Th heycome in a range of five sizes; the larges can cover a wheel of 350mm st r f (14)diam eter.Thewheelcoveris ssecuredinplaceusingasafety padlock. Iftheva alvewheely youneedto lockislarge erthanthis, youcancon nsideracabl elockoutor rpadlock andchain.Thesewo orkbythreadingthecab bleorchaina aroundther rimoftheva alveandthro oughthe orperhapsa apieceofadj jacentpipew workorsteelwork. bonneto Locking a lever operated valve can be sligh more ch htly hallenging. The problem with lever operated o plug valve, butterfly valv is that they vary gre b ve) eatly from o manufac one cturer to valves (ball valve, p srarelythe sameandth another.Thetopwo orksdesignofthevalveis hismeansth atthelockin ngdevice tengagesec curelyonthe evalve.Some evalvelockingdevicesc canonlylock kthevalvein nasingle maynot position,usuallythe eclosedposit tion. Leverty ypelockouts workbyattachingtoth eleverand physicallyblockingthet turningmove ementof thevalve. Actuatedvalves. If your valve is act tuated, locking it off ca actually be quite straight forwa rd. For an electrical an b e actuator the device will have an on/off sw r, e a witch on board. The switch often h a padloc facility has ck whichca anbeusedto osecuretheswitchinth heoffposition.

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Technica alArticle ValveLockS Selection Forpneu umaticorhy ydraulicactuatedvalves, blockingthe eflowofairoroiltotheactuatorwilldisable it.Thisc canbedone ewithasmalldiameterb ballvalvein theflowline.Thisvalve ecanthenb belocked outwith honeoftheleverlocking gdevicesdes scribedabov ve. Onano oteofcaution,changing theoperatio onalfunctionofactuate edvalvessho ouldonlybe edonein consulta ationwithco ompanyproc cessenginee rs. Lockingdeviceinteg grity Atthestartofthisa articlewestatedthatth erearetwo factors that de etermine wh hich type of locking device is needed. o n Howeve er,youmight tliketoalso oconsidera thirdfactor.Thatis the degree of prote ection against inadverte operation. Lets ent t. expandonthispoint Inadvert tent operat tion could be regard ded as acc cidental operatio on,deliberateproceduralviolationor rvandalism. Ifthelocationofthe evalvemake esisatarget tforvandalis sm,this to his o, self what are the must be taken int consideration. In th scenario you must ask yours uencesofthi isvalvebeingoperated ?Inotherw words,ariskassessment.Iftheconse equences consequ present a risk of in njury or deat then a h th, high integrity locking de evice is need similar to those ded cturedbySm mithFlowControlorNeth consequence esofoperati ioncould manufac herlocks.Equally,ifthec resultin nahighcostloss,these circumstanc cesmayalso leadyoutoconsiderah highintegritylocking device. Sowhat tismeantby yahighintegritylocking gdevice?Thi istypeofde evice,(norma allyreferredtoasan interlock k)isverydif fficulttorem movefromth hevalveinas smuchassp pecialisttoollswouldpro obablybe needed. .Itwouldals sobehighlyt toleranttoa buseandatt temptstode efeatorover rride. The dev can be locked in both open and closed pos vice d sitions with a separate k correspo a key onding to each loc cked position. Valve inte erlocks are o often used in a set of multiple valv locks whe m ve ereby the sequenc ceofoperationofanumberofvalves scanbepred determinedthroughthe codingofth hekeys. So whet ther you are simply locking off a v alve during a maintenance procedu or imple e ure ementing sequent tialcontroloveranumbe erofvalves,t thereissuita abledevicea available. TotalLo ockout(Safet ty)Ltdhave produceda ahandyvalvelocking de eviceselectio onguideto helpyou produce etherightso olution. Ends Total Lo ockout (Safe ety) Ltd is a distributio and supp company specialisin in lockou tagout a on ply y ng ut systems. The compa was formed in 2010 by Tim Hu any 0 ughes who has over 20 years experience in h ngindustrialandprocess ssafetylockiingsystems. specifyin Copyrigh htTotalLo ockout(Safety)Ltd Tel: :+44(0)1376 6325506

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