Pibiviesse Cat Gen 2019
Pibiviesse Cat Gen 2019
Continuously Improving
Flow Control
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Main applications
LNG - GTL Oil & Gas Power Generation
> Anti-surge recycle > Gas gathering systems > Steam dump to condenser
> Cryogenic application > Treatment facilities > Turbine by-pass to condenser
> Flow pressure control > Oil & Gas transmission > Pressure reduction (prv)
> Feed gas flow control > Pressure control
> Geothermal applications
> Gas-to-flare blowdown > Process control
> Main steam pipe drain valve
> Over pressure protection (HIPPS)
> Hot & cold gas compressor bypass > Feedwater heater drains
> Oil sands
> Line depressurizing > Boiler start-up drum control valves
> Slurry service
> Refrigerant level control > Gas / oil burner supply
> Mainline Pipeline
> Gas storage > Compressor stations
> Manifold service
> Enhanced oil recovery
> Blow-down
Refining/Petrochemical > Safety shut-in (SSV) Water Transmission
> Loading arms flow control & Desalination
> Anti-surge recycle
> Pumps and systems start-up
> Cryogenic application > Pumping station flow control
> Depressurization
> Flow pressure control > By-pass control
> Gas to flare
> Feed gas flow control > High mass flow noise control
> Metering and mixing stations
> Line depressurizing > Gas booster stations > Cavitation control
> Refrigerant level control > Transmission lines > Brine heater control
> Compressor control > Reversed osmosis control
> Gas to flare blowdown
> Hot & Cold gas compressor bypass
> Gas storage
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The Company Pibiviesse
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Design to Perform, Built to last
Pibiviesse, founded in 1981, is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of manual and automated On/Off and
Control Ball valves. Our products are designed for the most demanding applications to meet Customer’s
requirements and the highest quality standards.
Pibiviesse serves the oil & gas, petrochemical, water transportation and power industries, providing solutions
backed by experience and integrity, with a spirit of innovation and a focus on continuous improvement. Available
in side entry, top entry and fully welded construction in sizes up to 64 inch and in pressure class up to ANSI 2500
and API 15000.
Our valves are also available for cryogenic, high temperature, HIPPS and subsea applications. Global networking
makes commercial and technical support available for after sales assistance.
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Products Overview
HyperCage
Rotary Ball CageBall HyperCage
Multistage
SIDE
ENTRY
TOP
ENTRY
FULLY
WELDED
Sizes > On-off valves: from 1/2” to 64” > Control valves: from 1/2” to 64”
Pressure ratings > From ANSI 150 to ANSI 2500-4500; from API 2000 to API 15000
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General Information
Product range
Wide range of high performance manually operated or automated, ON-OFF and CONTROL Ball Valves for any kind of fluid handled in
the oil, gas, water, steam and power generating industry.
The basic ball valve design is Side Entry bolted body construction and the product line is then completed with our top entry ball valves,
that can be easily serviced without removing the ball line from the line, and with our fully welded line that is typically used for
pipeline/buried application or for sub-sea lines.
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Technical features
Design
Pibiviesse ball valves are designed to meet the most stringent and demanding International Standards
(ASME VIII, ASME B 16.34, API 6D, etc.) and, when required, the complete valve and its components
can be designed and verified with any Customer requirements and with the most advanced calculation
systems.
Body joints
Double o-rings, or the combination of o-rings and other type of gaskets, grant a perfect and safe sealing
of the body, closures and bonnet. Thus making PIBIVIESSE’s ball valves suitable for a wide range of
applications and installations (onshore, offshore, underground and subsea).
Port sizes
Pibiviesse valves are available in full or reduced Bore configuration. Special port sizes are also available
to meet all Customer requirements.
Stem features
The stem seal integrity is achieved by the use of three o-rings (or a combination of o-rings and gaskets
as required by the specification). The Stem is Anti blowout and the upper o-ring (or the graphite gasket)
can be replaced with the valve in line. The ball and stem are separate components which allow a
reduction of the operating torque. Stem and trunnion are supported by P.T.F.E. impregnated steel
bearing sleeves. Provision for grease or emergency sealant is available on request.
Seats features
Independent floating spring loaded seats are always in contact with the ball to provide an effective tight
seal even at low differential pressures. With the single piston effect design, there is an automatic body
cavity release of over pressure to the line through the down stream seat. The double piston effect
design (available on request), maintains the sealing capacity of the valve even in the case of failure of
the up
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stream seats. Body cavity over pressure in this case can be released through a
relief valve to atmosphere. A combination of double piston effect downstream and
single piston effect upstream is available on request. This configuration allows a
double sealing capability of the valve towards the most critical areas of the plants
and still release any body cavity over pressure to the safer side.
Double block and bleed operation is guaranteed with any seat design.
Antistatic
A stainless steel or Inconel spring between the stem and the ball or between
the stem and the gland plate permits electrical continuity between all valve
components.
Extended stem
When ball valves are to be installed below ground on buried pipelines or where not
easily accessible, operators can be mounted above ground by means of suitable
stem extension. Drain lines and grease injectors (if required) will be piped up to
the top of the extension for an easier access.
Extended bonnet
All valves to be used in high or low temperature/cryogenic service are equipped with an extended bonnet to allow vapour space between
body cavity and gland seals.
This feature preserves stem seals from damages that may occur during operation at high or low/cryogenic temperatures, and allows stem
seal servicing even on valves installed on insulated lines.
Pups
Butt welding ends valves can be supplied with transition pieces (PUPS) to avoid any risk of seat and seal damage during welding and
post weld heat treatment operations on site.
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Side Entry
Pibiviesse side entry ball valves are
manufactured in a wide range of
diameters and pressure classes.
Pibiviesse valves are specified for
transmission pipelines, pumping,
compression and re-injection units,
offshore platforms, onshore terminals,
pig traps, measuring stations and any
critical applications such as subsea
installations, cryogenic service in LNG
plants, high temperature and abrasive
services.
The valves can be made in the various
grades of carbon steel, stainless steel
and high alloys thus complying with the
most severe service conditions.
Model >E
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Top Entry
Pibiviesse top entry ball valves are
manufactured in a wide range of
diameters and pressure classes.
Pibiviesse valves are specified for
transmission pipelines, pumping,
compression and re-injection units,
offshore platforms, onshore terminals,
pig traps, measuring stations any
critical applications such as subsea
installations, cryogenic service in LNG
plants, high temperature and abrasive
services.
Pibiviesse Top Entry valves are full in-
line field repairable and can be used in
any critical service applications where
in-situ field reparability and quick
turnaround are needed. Thanks to this
characteristics top entry valves can also
be welded directly onto the pipeline still
allowing easy maintenance operation.
Pibiviesse Top Entry valves are sized
to withstand external loads from the
pipeline even when the bonnet, the
ball and the seats are removed for
maintenance. Model >T
The cast body and forged bonnet
construction allow the use of various Size > 1.5” through 64”
grades of carbon steel, stainless steel
and other alloys thus complying with Classes > 150 through 2500 and API 3000 to 15000
most severe service conditions.
Temperature > -193 °C to 400 °C
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Fully Welded
Pibiviesse Fully Welded ball valves
are manufactured in a wide range
of diameters and pressure classes.
Pibiviesse fully welded valves are
specified for transmission pipelines,
pumping and compression units.
Fully Welded valves can be supplied
in the configuration with bolted or
welded bonnet. The fully welded body
construction allows the use of forged
materials in the various grades of carbon
steel complying with the most severe
service conditions.
Model >W
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Control Valves
Pibiviesse Axial Rotary control
ball valves are developed with the
proprietary CAGEBALL TM technology,
in accordance to International Standard
ISA S75, IEC 534.
The ball has an integrated patented
Cage trim to eliminate or minimize
the hydro or aerodynamic flow control
disturbances. The Cage is designed to
meet the Project requirements with a
number of attenuating plates to divide
the pressure drop in stages and reduce
the noise generated by the pressure
regulation.
The attenuating plates are an integral
part of a replaceable cartridge and are
specifically designed to obtain a number
of significant control advantages, such
as reduction of noise, high frequency
vibrations and cavitation. This advanced
trim allows a bidirectional control of the
flow.
CAGEBALL™ control ball valves are particularly recommended any time that noise
reduction, cavitation control, erosion, hydrate formation, plugging and clogging risk are
present or handling of very large flow rates is a challenge for conventional valves.
Another important feature is the large rangeability. One valve can perform the duty of two
or even three conventional control valves. The potential savings of building only one
single control loop is huge.
These control valves product lines can be further personalized with: Integrated down
stream Flow Restrictor, Special silencer or Hyper Silencer trim.
The Hyper-Cage trim is also available; this design combines the high efficiency of the
multistage type trim with the Cv of a conventional ball valve allowing, if needed the
pigging of the pipeline.
All Cage Trims are inserted into the PIBIVIESSE High Performance trunnion mounted ball
valves. Thus all Design, Features and field proven valve reliability remain as standard.
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Organisation
Sales Support
“From quotation to field service”: this simple sentence means that PIBIVIESSE commitment is to
provide its Clients with products of the highest quality, on-time, at competitive price.
Customer satisfaction is our main objective and the same high level of attention is given for any phase
of the product life, from quotation to field service.
The PIBIVIESSE Sales Organization has Customer dedicated Teams to better serve and meet Clients
needs. Within the Sales Organization a strong Application Engineering Team can support and suggest
any Project requirement, from the early development stage through the execution.
Project management
Upon receipt of an Order, the PIBIVIESSE Contract Management team is there to work in close
co-operation with the client and ensures that each project is accurately defined and planned, since the
early stages, and that the plan is continually tracked during all the design, production, assembly and
testing phases.
By understanding the Customer needs and expectations, the Contract Management Team, in
coordination with Engineering and Operations Departments, will be able to find the best solution for
any issue or problem which may arise during the Project execution, with the aim to meet the product
quality and the delivery time that satisfy the Project requirements.
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Engineering the future - Design & Flow control
capabilities
PIBIVIESSE is committed to manufacture and continuously develop best in class
on-off and control valves, to meet the increasingly stringent demands of the energy
and process industries. We have in-house Engineering and Design capability to
manufacture safe, reliable and state-of-the-art products. We have developed a
number of products and systems for which we maintain intellectual property rights
and patents.
PIBIVIESSE ball valves are designed in accordance with the most common
industry standards (e.g. API 6D/6A, ASME VIII Div.2, ASME B16.34, BS 5351, etc)
and is available to develop specific design for critical applications using other
design standards and Finite Element Analysis.
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Operational excellence
We are applying Lean and Six Sigma techniques to non-manufacturing processes as well, improving ad-
ministrative and supply chain processes to significantly enhance our customers’ operational capabilities.
Sub-suppliers
Our sub-suppliers’ quality is just as important as our own. This means that their quality, and the work
they do to improve the level of quality still further, is also a matter of concern to us.
We therefore aim to establish long-term and close partnerships with our sub-suppliers. We like to think
to our sub-suppliers as partners with a joint aim, nevertheless their performances are monitored and
recorded on a regular basis that, combined with our frequent audits, give us the guidelines to enhance
and grow the overall products quality and reliability.
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Machining
In-house machining capacity reaches 60” in turning, milling and boring and 72” ball turning and grinding. All these operations are
carried out by means of very-high precision machinery and skilled operators, to guarantee the design tolerances required by highly
enginnered valves. Continuous attention is dedicated to maintain equipment and machinery at the maximum efficiency level, and the
personnel is continuously trained and motivated to obtain the maximum precision and best quality needed for our products.
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Assembly and testing
PIBIVIESSE ball valves are subjected to extremely severe special tests, far in excess of the requirements
of the API and ANSI Standards. Our in house testing capabilities, in addition to the standard require-
ments of International specification, include:
> High Pressure Nitrogen Test
> Low temperature (cryogenic) shell, seat and operational test (down to -196°)
> High temperature shell, seat and operational test (up to 400°C)
> Fugitive Emission Helium Leak Test at low, ambient and high temperature condition.
> Cycling operational “wear resistance” test
> Torque test
> Hyperbaric test to simulate sub-sea condition (down to 4000 mt water depth)
> Vacuum shell test
> Hysteresis and dead band verification for actuator/valve assembly (control valve)
Bending tests, to verify the performance of the valves when subject to bending loads transmitted by pip-
ing, have been performed both on side entry and top entry ball valves. Tests included checks of possible
body distortion, torque and leakage rates.
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Quality and continuous
improvement
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Certifications achieved over
Pibiviesse defines and issues a dedicated Quality Control Plan
the years
for each Order. This document provides the written set of proce-
> API 6D licence no. 6D-0215 obtained in 1981
dures and quality controls that PIBIVIESSE is going to deliver to
meet customer’s expectations. > API 6A licence no. 6A-0370 obtained in 1981
The Quality Control Plan also identifies the organization and the
team that will be responsible for quality controls, the specific > API6DSS licence no. 6DSS-0009 obtained on
procedures to be used, the quality assurance measures and the 11/05/2009
required documentation. > PED 97/23/EC (CE Marking): certificate no. CE-1370-
Some of the controls that are normally included in the plan are:
PED-H-PBV001-10-ITA obtained on 13/06/2001
> Visual and Dimensional checks on Incoming materials > ATEX 94/09/CE: conformity to ATEX 91/9/CE Directive of
> Non distructive Tests on Incoming materials 23/06/2003
> Issue of N.C.R. on inspected materials and items > SIL : IEC 61508 – SIL 3:
- Conformity certificate no. 28710067 for “top entry
> Check of sub-contractor’s certificates
trunnion mounted ball valves”
> External audits and visit to sub-contractor - Conformity certificate no. 28710068 for “side entry
trunnion mounted ball valves”
- Conformity certificate no. 28710069 for “fully welded
Pibiviesse provides all available non destructive tests on Valves trunnion mounted ball valves
and components, according to major applicable standards (i.e. - Conformity certificate no. 28710106 for “functional
Dye Penetrant, Magnetic particles, X and Gamma ray, Ultrasonic, safety management system for development, design,
PMI Analysis, Hydrostatic and pneumatic, Stem torque, Visual engineering and manufacture of ball valves for safety
and dimensional, Hardness, High pressure gas test). Other instrumented systems”
additional non destructive or destructive examinations may be
performed to customer requirements or specifications. > ISO 3834-2: certificate no. IT241498 of 10/11/2011
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The Lean journey
Pibiviesse drives superior results through the pursuit of repeatable, reliable and lean processes that
focus on continuous improvement.
Pibiviesse is implementing the Business System, whose pillars are:
In the first few years, our goal has been two-fold: first, develop a talented leadership engine to take
Pibiviesse to higher levels of operational performance and second teach employees how to continually
improve their work processes.
More recently, Pibiviesse started applying these techniques to non-manufacturing processes as well,
improving administrative and supply chain processes to significantly enhance our competitive
advantage and take market share.
Although Pibiviesse is in the early stages of its lean journey, we have gained significant wins
shortening lead times and improving delivery performance to customers, enhancing the quality of our
products and improving the work environment for our employees.
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Health, Safety and Environment
The health and the safety of our people and the respect for the environment where we live are a foundation of our corporate culture
and a prerequisite for our business.
Totally in compliance with European Regulations, we care about the health and safety of our employees and the environment
where our people work.
We make a real effort to use non-toxic materials and processes, and constantly strive to improve our working conditions,
equipments and workplace, to protect our employees.
Our goal is to safeguard our people, the environment and -while meeting our customers’ requirements- to enhance the quality and
safety of the workplace in which our products are produced and used.
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Global presence
A world of servicing
PIBIVIESSE can count on a worldwide valve repair and servicing network to guarantee all of his cus-
tomers a professional, competent and quick response to any site request.
PIBIVIESSE’s Authorized Repair Workshops are qualified companies that have been selected in
various areas of the world to work on our products and their valve technicians have been trained on
PIBIVIESSE products.
The Personnel of our repair workshops are qualified engineers with proven field experience and fully
trained on our products.
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PBVS - 01/2013
Continuously Improving Flow Control. Worldwide.
PIBIVIESSE S.r.l.
20014 NERVIANO (Milano)
Via Bergamina, 24 - ITALY
Phone +39 0331 408711
Fax +39 0331 408802
info@pibiviesse.it
www.pibiviesse.it