Parker Conflow’s Code 53 is a ball float valve that can cater for high incoming pressures and tanks that need to be filled rapidly in underground mining and quarrying applications.

Code 53 maintains a desired level of fluid in a water and emulsion tank. The opening and closing of the valve is achieved by a lever, which operates a plunger to push a poppet valve off its seat. The lever has a float attached, which rises and falls with the fluid in the tank, thus opening and closing the valve to maintain the level.

The larger valve sizes in this range are "pilot operated", which uses the energy in the supplied water to open and close the valve with only a small amount of force from the float lever. This means large flows and large pressures can be handled for rapid filling of tank systems.

Code 53 is available in 1/2", 1" and 2" sizes and operates as a maximum working pressure of 105 bar.

Markets:
• Quarrying
• Mining

Features/Benefits:
• Suitable for use with high inlet pressures.
• Maintains the correct water level in tanks, as set for application.
• Gunmetal cast bodies – extremely robust.
• Unit available with Flat Float, ball, plastic or metal.
• Rapid filling of tank.

Applications:
• Used on water and emulsion oil dispensing tanks supplying coal face equipment where the incoming water pressures are high and where tanks need to be filled rapidly.