The electric valve industry is experiencing an unprecedented market.
Release Date:
2020-12-11
They are more economical, energy-efficient, and safe and reliable. In today’s environment, where calls for environmental protection and safety are growing louder, electric valves have become indispensable. The enormous market demand is placing increasingly stringent requirements on electric valves. Electric valves are used in a wide range of applications, including oil, chemical, power, nuclear, metallurgical, shipbuilding, light industry, food processing, and municipal sectors. As products themselves, electric valves offer advantages such as easy assembly, low failure rates, and compliance with industry-wide automation needs, making them a cost-effective choice for operators. By contrast, conventional pneumatic valves invariably require piping, solenoid valves, and compressors to function properly. Electric valves, on the other hand, are motor-driven, simple and convenient to install, and can be readily integrated with existing factory automation control systems, thereby reducing additional costs. Moreover, motor-driven operation ensures smoother opening and closing without the drawback of excessive instantaneous impact forces, significantly lowering the failure rate. In the petrochemical industry, API-standard gate valves, globe valves, and check valves are predominantly used; in the power sector, high-temperature, high-pressure gate valves, globe valves, check valves, and safety valves for power plants are common, along with low-pressure butterfly valves and gate valves for water supply and drainage systems; in the chemical industry, stainless steel gate valves, globe valves, and check valves are mainly employed; in the metallurgical industry, low-pressure large-diameter butterfly valves, oxygen shut-off valves, and oxygen ball valves are widely used; in urban construction, low-pressure valves are predominant—large-diameter gate valves for municipal water pipelines, centerline butterfly valves for building construction, and metal-sealed butterfly valves for district heating—and so forth; oil pipelines primarily use flat gate valves and ball valves; the pharmaceutical industry mainly uses stainless steel ball valves; and the food industry likewise relies heavily on stainless steel ball valves. Electric valves represent a new category within the valve industry, and thus hold tremendous market potential. Foundry enterprises should therefore deepen their understanding of this sector and provide casting components tailored to it, leveraging the growth of the electric valve industry as a catalyst for broader development in the foundry sector and securing new momentum for expansion. As market trends evolve, electric valve products must also adapt accordingly. For instance, with the shift in oil exploration toward inland and offshore fields, and with the power industry transitioning from thermal power plants below 300,000 kW to larger facilities above that capacity—as well as to hydropower and nuclear power—electric valve performance and specifications must be adjusted to match the changing application environments. Meanwhile, urban infrastructure projects will increasingly adopt low-pressure electric valves and move toward environmentally friendly and energy-efficient designs, gradually replacing traditional low-pressure cast-iron gate valves with eco-friendly rubber-lined valves, balancing valves, metal-sealed butterfly valves, and centerline-sealed butterfly valves. At the same time, oil and gas transmission projects are trending toward pipeline-based systems, which in turn demand substantial quantities of flat gate valves and ball valves. Furthermore, as power plant construction scales up, there is a growing need for large-diameter, high-pressure safety valves and pressure-reducing valves, as well as fast-acting electric valves. In response to the demand for complete engineering solutions, the supply of electric valves is shifting from single-product offerings to diversified product lines and multiple specifications. It is becoming increasingly common for a single electric valve manufacturer to provide all the electric valves required for an entire project. Looking ahead, driven by ongoing advances in market dynamics and science and technology, electric valves will continue to evolve toward higher technological content, higher performance parameters, enhanced resistance to severe corrosion, and longer service life.
They are more energy-efficient, safe, and reliable. In today’s environment, where calls for environmental protection and safety are growing louder, electric valves have become indispensable. The enormous market demand is placing increasingly stringent requirements on electric valves. These valves are used across a wide range of industries, including oil, chemicals, power generation, nuclear energy, metallurgy, shipbuilding, light industry, food processing, and municipal services. From a product standpoint, electric valves offer easy assembly, low failure rates, and seamless integration with industrial automation needs, making them a cost-effective choice for operators. By contrast, conventional pneumatic valves invariably require piping, solenoid valves, and compressors to function properly. Electric valves, on the other hand, are motor-driven, simple and convenient to install, and can be readily integrated with existing plant automation systems, thereby reducing additional capital and operational expenses.
In addition, motor-driven operation ensures smoother opening and closing without the drawback of excessive instantaneous impact forces, thereby significantly reducing the failure rate. The petrochemical industry primarily uses API-standard gate valves, globe valves, and check valves; the power sector mainly employs high-temperature, high-pressure gate valves, globe valves, check valves, and safety valves for power plants, as well as low-pressure butterfly valves and gate valves for certain water supply and drainage applications; the chemical industry predominantly utilizes stainless steel gate valves, globe valves, and check valves. In the metallurgical industry, low-pressure, large-diameter butterfly valves, oxygen-specific globe valves, and oxygen-specific ball valves are commonly used; urban construction departments mainly rely on low-pressure valves, such as large-diameter gate valves for municipal water pipelines, centerline butterfly valves for residential building construction, and metal-sealed butterfly valves for district heating systems; oil pipelines primarily use flat-seal gate valves and ball valves; the pharmaceutical industry mainly uses stainless steel ball valves; and the food industry also predominantly uses stainless steel ball valves, among others.
Electric valves represent a new product category in the valve industry, and as such their market prospects are exceptionally promising. Foundry enterprises should therefore deepen their understanding of this sector and supply casting components tailored to it, leveraging the burgeoning electric-valve market to stimulate growth across the entire foundry industry and unlock new drivers of development. As market trends evolve, electric-valve products must adapt accordingly. For instance, with the shift in oil development toward onshore and offshore fields, and with the power industry transitioning from thermal power plants below 300,000 kW to larger units above that capacity—as well as expanding into hydropower and nuclear power—electric-valve offerings must also adjust their performance characteristics and technical parameters to align with these changing application requirements. Meanwhile, urban infrastructure projects will increasingly adopt low-pressure electric valves and move toward more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient solutions; this entails a gradual transition from traditional low-pressure cast-iron gate valves to eco-friendly rubber-seated valves, balancing valves, metal-sealed butterfly valves, and centerline-sealed butterfly valves. In addition, oil- and gas-transmission projects are trending toward pipeline-based systems, which in turn demand large quantities of flat-gate valves and ball valves. Furthermore, the ongoing trend toward larger-scale power plant construction calls for large-diameter, high-pressure safety valves and pressure-reducing valves, as well as fast-acting electric valves. To meet the needs of turnkey engineering projects, the supply of electric valves is shifting from single-product offerings to a diversified portfolio spanning multiple types and specifications. There is a growing trend for a single electric-valve manufacturer to provide the complete range of valves required for an entire project.
In the future, electric valves will continue to evolve with ongoing advancements in market demand and scientific and technological innovation, moving toward higher technological content, higher performance parameters, enhanced resistance to severe corrosion, and longer service life.
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