We buy the valve population of a plant, a contractor yard or a service company warehouse. That means every common pattern, every common material and every common condition, including the items that a formal disposal process would refuse.
The list below is not a catalogue. It is a description of what turns up in a crib, a laydown yard or a stores room, and what we are willing to review. If something is not listed, ask: the answer is usually yes.
By type
Every common valve pattern
- 01 Gate ValvesThe workhorse of every plant and terminal. Gate valves are the most common surplus item in a crib and th… →
- 02 Globe ValvesGlobe valves do the throttling and the frequent operation that gate valves should not. They are also the… →
- 03 Ball ValvesQuarter-turn, high flow, easy to actuate. Ball valves are the most commonly upgraded valve in a plant, w… →
- 04 Butterfly ValvesLight, cheap to replace, and produced in enormous numbers. Butterfly valves fill plant stores because ev… →
- 05 Plug ValvesThe chemical industry's isolation valve. Plug valves survive dirty, viscous and aggressive service that … →
- 06 Check ValvesNon-return valves are bought by the dozen and replaced by the dozen. They are small, heavy, and almost n… →
- 07 Swing Check ValvesThe oldest non-return design and still the most common. Swing checks are heavy, simple, and highly salea… →
- 08 Control ValvesThe highest-value surplus in most plant cribs, and the one most often broken up by people who do not rea… →
- 09 Safety Relief ValvesThe most paperwork-sensitive item in a plant stores department, and the one where a buyer who understand… →
- 10 Pressure Reducing ValvesRegulators are bought for a specific pressure and a specific service, then the service changes. That is … →
- 11 Pressure Sustaining ValvesThe mirror image of a reducing valve: they hold upstream pressure rather than downstream. Common on wate… →
- 12 Needle ValvesSmall, precise and expensive per pound. Needle valves accumulate by the thousand in instrument shops and… →
By material
Carbon steel to Hastelloy
WCB carbon steel, 316 and 304 stainless, chrome-moly alloy grades, Monel, Hastelloy, duplex and super duplex, cast and ductile iron, bronze, lined bodies and thermoplastics. The material often sets the floor under the price, which is why the marking matters.
By condition
Including the awkward items
Used and removed from service, new and never installed, obsolete and superseded, partially disassembled, missing actuators, needing repair, and unidentified. Mixed condition is the normal case in a crib and it is priced honestly rather than rejected.
What we need from you: valve type, approximate size and class, quantity, where the material is, and any date that matters. Everything else is helpful but optional.
What we do not buy
Being clear about the edges
We do not buy valves to resell as new, we do not provide certification, and we do not buy installed equipment that is still in service. We also do not buy scrap metal as such: if a lot is genuinely at scrap value we will say so rather than dressing it up.