Chemical plants run the widest material range of any industry: lined bodies, high-nickel alloys, thermoplastics, glass, and stainless in every grade. A product change can make a perfectly good valve unusable on that site, which is precisely why it becomes surplus.
Batch and specialty plants are particularly productive sources, because they change over more often and hold more varied stock than a refinery ever would.
Valve mix
What turns up in chemical manufacturing
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Selling into this sector
What to expect
Equipment from this sector usually arrives with a mix of documentation: some items tagged and recorded, some with nothing at all. Send what exists. A partial record is worth more than a claim that records exist.
Mixed lots are normal. We do not ask you to separate the documented items from the rest before sending a list.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy small lots from batch plants?
Yes, when the material is identifiable. A pallet of lined valves is worth a conversation.
Are thermoplastic valves purchased?
Yes, particularly PVDF and PP in good condition.
What if the valves are unlabelled?
Send photographs. Material and pattern are often identifiable from the body.