Edward EquiWedge Valve for MSIV and MFIV Service
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The Edward Equiwedge Gate Valve with the Type A, Gas-Hydraulic actuator is the industry standard for fast-acting, reliable isolation of main steam or main feedwater lines. Every third generation nuclear power plant currently under construction and many currently operating nuclear power plants rely on this valve and actuator.
The Edward Equiwedge Gate Valve with the Type A, Gas-Hydraulic actuator is the industry standard for fast-acting, reliable isolation of main steam or main feedwater lines. Every third generation nuclear power plant currently under construction and many currently operating nuclear power plants rely on this valve and actuator.
Features include:
* Integrated valve and actuator design by the same on-staff design team
* Simplified modular design
* Lower maintenance costs
* 12-year maintenance cycle
* Improved reliability
* Lightweight, dimensionally compact design
* Firesafe, non-toxic hydraulic fluid
* 100 percent self-contained- no auxiliary equipment required such as air tanks, accumulators, or reservoirs
* Valves and actuators can be 100 percent functionally verified during plant outages, prior to plant start-up
* No power-robbing penetrations to main steam system
* Ability to perform safety-related function regardless of main steam system conditions or loss of electrical power
* Current environmental and functional qualifications per the IEEE and ASME QME-1 requirements