DAN-EX History
Introduced in 1978 by Daniel Valve
Daniels marketed valve primarily to their niche industries
- Meter Skids
- Pipelines, Terminals and Refineries
U.S. Government/Military installations
- Defense fuels: San Pedro
- Edwards Air Force Base
Daniel Valve manufactured approximately 8,000 to 10,000 valves
world wide
- Western Valve purchased product line in 2000
- Started manufacturing complete valves in 2003
- Pipeline & terminals
- Refineries
- Commercial aviation
- Military: Diego Garcia
DAN-EX Design Features
- Late 1977, General Twin Seal Patent expired
- Ex-General Valve employees went to work for Daniels to design the
DAN-EX Valve
- Incorporated basic design features of the 800 Series Valve
- Slip and plug design
- Solid carbon steel plug with proven trunnion diameters
- Chrome plated body ID
- Nickel plate plug surfaces
- Use of bushings in the bonnet and lower plate to stabilize plug
- In-line repairable slips and operators
- Automation: Top or side mount design
- The DAN-EX dual expanding plug valve is not a reversed engineered
product
- Designed by senior Daniel engineers
The DAN-EX Dual Expanding Plug Valve was introduced
in 1979 by the Daniel Valve Company in Houston, Texas.
The engineered valve was designed to improve integrity
for double block and bleed (DBB) valve applications.
Approximately 8,000 (eight thousand) valves
were produced by Daniel Valve between 1979 and 2000 and
are installed worldwide. Western Valve purchased the
DAN-EX plug valve line in 2000 from Daniel Valve Company
and currently manufactures the original design valve and
aftermarket parts at its plant in California.
The plant incorporates modern computerized
manufacturing cells and utilizes the latest
manufacturing practices to ensure the highest quality
positive sealing valve in the industry.
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Left: DAN-EX Double
Block and Bleed Plug Valve 20 x 16-150 |