Flow control is vital to the smooth and safe operation of your pipe systems, and at American Stainless, you’ll find the right valve you need for any application in a broad range of industries.
Find the Right Valves for the Right Flow Control Applications
For heavy industrial machinery and systems such as cranes, loaders, conveyor belts, and assembly lines, the valves in your piping systems play a critical role in their everyday operation.
The specific functions of your industrial piping demand the right valve for the job. From ball valves to gate valves and more, at American Stainless, you’ll find a broad range of valve types, manufactured to the highest quality standards, to meet the unique needs of your pipe systems.
Valve Types
We are a PVF supplier focused on providing a wide selection of pipe, valves, and fittings to ensure that no matter your industry and the specifics of your applications and operational environments, you’ll find the type of valve your piping system needs. Our available valve types include ball valves, butterfly valves, gate valves, and more:
Ball Valves
Ball valves use a hollow, perforated, pivoting, ball to control the flow of media through your systems. Reliable and durable, easy to operate, versatile, and low-maintenance, ball valves are suitable for a wide range of applications.
Our ball valve offerings include:
Soft Seated Ball Valves
Elastomer/PTFE material provides tight seals against leakage and low-torque operation, ideal for chemical/pharmaceutical applications
Metal Seated Ball Valves
Metal seating supports higher temperature and pressure applications
Trunnion Seated Ball Valves
Trunnions allow for even higher operating pressures and temperatures
Ball valves are available in bronze, carbon steel, cast iron, stainless steel, and industrial plastic.
Butterfly Valves
Compared to gate or ball valves, butterfly valves are cost-effective, compact, lightweight, and low-torque, making them easy to operate by hand or with automated actuators.
Butterfly valves offer rapid valve response and have low pressure drop when fully open, reducing energy consumption.
Our butterfly valve offerings include:
Resilient Seated Butterfly Valves
Soft seat material provides a tight seal against leakage and low-torque operation
Double Offset (High Performance) Butterfly Valves
Offset discs seal against an elastomer or metal seat for better performance
Triple Offset Butterfly Valves
Tight seals and high performance ideal for high-pressure, high-temperature applications
Cast Iron Valves
Economical, durable, corrosion resistant, and heat resistant, cast iron valves have a wide range of industrial applications from general industrial processes to water treatment and HVAC and beyond. Cast iron is suitable for high-temperature fluids, corrosive fluids, gases, and slurries.
Our cast iron control valve offerings include:
Gate Valves
Sliding gates control a straight-line flow of fluid with minimal restrictions, ideal for pipelines and water treatment
Globe Valves
Movable discs regulate and throttle flow for precise control
Check Valves
Prevent backflows in pumping and water treatment
Boiler Stop Check Valves
Prevent steam backflow in boilers and steam piping systems
Cast Steel Valves
Offering high strength, resistance to corrosion, easy machinability, and wide availability, cast steel valves are a versatile and cost-effective choice for a wide range of industrial flow control applications.
Our cast steel valve offerings include:
Gate Valves
Sliding gates control a straight-line flow of fluid with minimal restrictions, ideal for pipelines and water treatment
Globe Valves
Movable discs regulate and throttle flow for precise control
Check Valves
Prevent backflows in pumping and water treatment
Boiler Stop Check Valves
Prevent steam backflow in boilers and steam piping systems
Gate Valves
With full-bore and tight shut-off capabilities providing minimal pressure drops and optimal leak prevention, gate valves are ideal for high-pressure, high-temperature, high-stress applications. Gate valves are durable, low-maintenance, and easy to operate.
Our gate valve offerings are available in bronze, iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, and forged carbon.
Standard Gate Valves
Simple gates control fluid flow for straight-line flows
Slide Gate Valves
Slide gates allow for quick opening and closing for applications such as gravity-fed or pneumatic conveying systems
Slab Type Gate Valves
Provide a tight seal and reliable shut-off for high-pressure applications
Choosing the Right Materials for Ball Valves
From bronze and carbon steel to cast iron, stainless steel, and industrial plastic, American Stainless distributes ball valves in the materials that will stand up to the rigors of your pipe and flow control system’s unique industrial requirements. Each material offers its own advantages for ball valves and other valve types:
Bronze Ball Valves
Bronze ball valves withstand high-pressure and high-temperature conditions in applications where temperature regulation is especially important due to its strength and thermal conductivity.
Since bronze is relatively easy to machine, bronze ball valves can include intricate, sophisticated valve components for complex flow control needs.
Stainless Steel Valves
Stainless steel’s strength, durability, temperature resistance, and corrosion resistance makes stainless steel ball valves and check valves suitable for aggressive environments and temperature extremes.
Easy to clean and maintain, stainless steel check valves and ball valves are cost-effective and suitable for applications with high cleanliness standards.
Carbon Steel Valves
Strong, durable, cost-effective, and corrosion-resistant, carbon steel valves are a preferred choice for many industrial applications, including high-temperature and high-pressure applications in a variety of harsh environments.
Compared to stainless steel, carbon steel is often a more cost-effective choice for valve materials.
Industrial Plastic Valves
Industrial plastics such as PVC and CPVC provide excellent corrosion resistance, making them suitable as valve materials in flow control applications involving corrosive fluids.
Lightweight, low-friction, and wear-resistant, industrial plastic valves are often easier to handle and more cost-effective, saving on installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement costs.
Our Valve Manufacturing Partners
No matter your industry, quality in PVF products matters. That’s why we dedicate ourselves to supplying a wide range of valve types to meet the unique needs and requirements of your flow control infrastructure and piping systems. We partner with the best-in-class – manufacturers with just as much pride in their customer service, quality products, and attention to detail as us – to deliver the best products and solutions for your unique situation, when you need it. Our manufacturing and supply partners for ball valves and other valve types include:
- American Valve
- Apollo
- Centerline
- Colonial
- Crane
- Davis
- Flowseal
- Hayward Industrial Flow
- Homestead
- J-Flow Controls
- Kunkle
- Mako Tube Valves
- Newcon
- Orbinox
- Pratt
- Resun
- Sharpe
- Simtech USA
- Spears
- Spirax Sarco
- Stockham
- Swiss Fluid
- Watson McDaniel
Unrivaled Quality and Service, No Matter What
No matter your unique industry needs, no matter what your pipe and flow control infrastructure requires, there’s one thing all valve customers need — from ball valves and butterfly valves to gate valves and check valves, they need their products when it works best for them, not when it works best for their distributor.
We focus on providing the best pipe, valves, and fittings supply service we can possibly provide. From same-day service to ASAP fulfillment and delivery to organized packaging and on-time price quoting, American Stainless is dedicated to the proven process that leads to an unrivaled PVF customer experience.
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