Author: Sophie Liu

After the installation of the pump room and the piping system, it is often found that when the system is running, when the pump is stopped or the power is cut off, the piping system will have a great impact of water, impacting the pump, valve and pipeline, and some Water hammer may be very light, but some are serious, and even worse, serious quality accidents may occur. For example, valve discs, water pump blades, piping systems, etc. are crushed or broken by water. Such damage is caused by water hammer. Yes, we have also encountered this phenomenon in foreign projects.

The foot valve is composed of valve body, valve bonnet, valve disc, sealing ring and gasket. The English name is Foot Valve or bottom Valve, which is a kind of check valve. After the shutdown, the water in the suction pipeline is drained.