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Top Entry Ball Valve – Inline Maintenance for High-Pressure Systems

The Top Entry Ball Valve is the perfect solution when you need a valve that offers easy maintenance, compact footprint, and rugged sealing—all without removing the valve from the pipeline. At Perfect Engineers, we manufacture top entry ball valves designed for high-pressure, high-temperature, and critical process applications across oil & gas, power, petrochemicals, and refining industries.

These valves are widely used where frequent inspection, repair, or welding accessibility is required on-site.

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Top Entry Ball Valve

What is a Top Entry Ball Valve?

A Top Entry Ball Valve is a quarter-turn valve that allows access to the internal components—ball, seats, stem, seals—from the top side, without disturbing the connected piping. Unlike side-entry or split-body valves, this design allows inline maintenance, minimizing plant downtime.

Top entry valves are often cast or forged and are used in systems where safety, pressure integrity, and long-term reliability are non-negotiable.

Key Features of Our Top Entry Ball Valves

  1. Inline maintenance: no need to remove valve from pipe
  2. Available in forged or cast body construction
  3. Compatible with automation (ISO 5211 mounting)
  4. Anti-blowout stem and fire-safe design
  5. Available in soft-seated or metal-seated versions
  6. Full bore and reduced bore options
  7. Designed to ASME B16.34 / API 6D / ISO 17292 standards

Technical Specifications

Parameter Details
Sizes Available 2” to 24”
Pressure Rating Class 150 / 300 / 600 / 900 / 1500 / 2500
Body Materials WCB, LCB, CF8M, F51, A105, F316, Inconel
Seat Materials PTFE, RPTFE, Graphite, Metal Seated
Ends Flanged (ANSI/DIN), Butt Weld, Socket Weld
Operation Manual, Pneumatic, Electric Actuated
Fire Safe Yes (API 607 / ISO 10497 certified)
Testing Standard API 598, ISO 5208, EN 12266

 

 

 

 

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Applications of Top Entry Ball Valves

  1. Oil & Gas pipelines (onshore & offshore)
  2. Refineries & petrochemical plants
  3. Power plants (boiler steam lines)
  4. Chemical reactors and batch processes
  5. Hydrogen and natural gas distribution
  6. LNG terminals
  7. Crude oil and fuel storage systems
  8. Water injection and produced water handling

Why Choose Top Entry Over Other Designs?

Feature Top Entry Valve Two-Piece / Side Entry
Maintenance Inline Requires pipe removal
Body Integrity One-piece forged Multiple bolted joints
Pressure Class Higher (up to 2500#) Moderate (up to 600#)
Space Saving Vertical access Horizontal clearance needed
Automation Ready Yes Yes

Installation & Maintenance Tips

  • Install with vertical top clearance for future access
  • Use proper gaskets and torque sequence for flanged ends
  • Check actuator alignment before startup
  • Maintain bolting torque at regular service intervals
  • Lubricate stem as per cycle count and service condition

FAQs

Yes, but the added cost is offset by lower maintenance time and higher durability.

Absolutely. All valves are ISO 5211 actuator-ready.

Yes. For high-temperature or abrasive services, metal-seated options are available.

Yes. We provide API 607 / ISO 10497 certified valves with fire-tested sealing.

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