Johnson Controls VF Series User manual

Valve and Actuator Manual 977
Valve Product Information Section
Technical Bulletin VF
Issue Date 0190
©1990 Johnson Controls, Inc. 1
Code No. LIT-977205X
VF Series Butterfly Valves 2 Through 20 in.,
Two-Way and Three-Way Installation Instructions
General Instructions
Note: Please be sure to read
the following preliminary
instructions carefully before
proceeding to the installation
steps pertaining to a particular
valve configuration.
•Make sure that the pipeline
and flange faces are clean.
Pipe scale, metal chips,
welding slag, and welding
rods can obstruct disc
movement and damage the
disc and seat.
•The resilient seat of the
valve is equipped with
molded-in O-rings on the
face of the seat; therefore,
no gaskets are required.
•The valves should be
handled by the extended
valve neck only. Heavier
valves may require a nylon
sling to be used as a hoist
around the valve neck
and/or cast iron tee (on
three-way assemblies).
Never pick up a valve by
the actuator, mounting
bracket, or interconnecting
linkage.
•Most VF Series Valve
Assemblies are shipped
with the disc in the near
closed position
(approximately 10°open).
Valves equipped with
pneumatic piston type
actuators are shipped with
the actuator de-coupled
from the crankarm, with the
actuator and any
interconnecting linkage
strapped to the bracket. Do
not remove the strapping
until the valve is completely
installed between the pipe
flanges.
•Valves equipped with a
V-919X Series Rack and
Pinion Spring Return
Actuator require a regulated
pneumatic air supply to
position the disc to 10°
open prior to and during
installation. If no air supply
is available during
installation, the V-919X
Series Actuator must be
removed to allow for
manual positioning of the
disc to the proper position.
Two-Way Butterfly Valve
Installation
1. Align the piping and spread
the flanges apart enough to
allow the valve body to be
located between the flanges
without actually contacting
the flange surfaces (see
Fig. 1).
2. Remove the protective
cardboard shields from the
valve faces.
3. Refer to Figs. 6 through 13
for proper valve stem/disc
orientation.
4. Place the valve between the
flanges and center the
valve.
5. Install all of the flange bolts
or cap screws and hand
tighten them.
6. Slowly open the disc to the
fully open position, making
sure that the disc does not
contact the adjacent pipe
I.D.
7. Remove the flange spreaders
and tighten the flange bolts or
cap screws according to the
sequence in Fig. 2.
8. Stroke the valve fully closed and
fully open while checking for
proper disc clearance and

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proper pipe alignment (see
Fig. 3).
9. If the valve is equipped with
a pneumatic piston type
actuator, remove the
strapping from the actuator.
Move the disc to its normal
position and connect the
actuator clevis to the
appropriate hole in the
crankarm using the clevis
pin provided (see Fig. 4). If
two actuators are provided,
perform the above
procedure on each actuator.
Three-way Butterfly Valve
Installation
1. Align the piping and spread
the flanges apart enough to
allow the valve bodies and
tee to be located between
the flanges without actually
contacting the flange
surfaces (see Fig. 1).
2. Remove the protective
cardboard shields from the
valve faces.
3. Place the valve and tee
between the flanges and
center the assembly.
4. Place the appropriate
gasket between the bare
end of the tee and the
adjacent flange. Install the
flange bolts to the bare end
of the tee and hand tighten
them. Check the alignment
again to insure proper
centering of the assembly
between the adjacent pipe
flanges.
5. Slowly open the disc of the
valve on the “run” side of
the tee (see Fig. 5), making
sure that the disc does not
contact the adjacent pipe
I.D.
6. Remove the flange
spreaders on the “run” side
of the tee and hand tighten
the flange bolts or cap
screws.
7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 on
the “branch” side of the tee.
8. If the valve is equipped with
a pneumatic piston type
actuator, remove the
strapping from the actuator.
Position the disc of the
“run” valve to its normal
position and connect the
actuator clevis to the
appropriate hole in the
crankarm using the clevis
pin provided (see Fig. 4). If
two actuators are provided,
perform the above
procedure on each actuator.
9. Position the disc of the
“branch” valve to its normal
position. Refer to Fig. 5 for
the proper orientation of the
crankarm for the “branch”
valve.
10. Unstrap the interconnecting
linkage rod and secure the
loose end of the rod to the
appropriate crankarm.
11. Slowly stroke the fully
linked three-way assembly
two complete cycles while
checking for proper disc
clearance and pipe
alignment (see Fig. 3).
Tighten all flange bolts and
cap screws securely
according to the sequence
in Fig. 2.

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