Chemical Safety Alert: Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves

This alert is about check and butterfly valves failures that can occur even when the valves are operated within their design limits of pressure and temperature.

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Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves (September 1997) (PDF)(4 pp, 234 K)