Fisher Controls International LLC

Aaron Anderson

Steven Keith Hostetter

Lucas J Schmitt

Daniel Martin Adams

Lisa Marie Miller

Lisa Miller

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture of valve packing apparatus and related methods are described. An apparatus includes a cartridge including packing components and a spring. The cartridge is dimensioned to fit in a bore of a bonnet of a valve. A cap is coupled to the cartridge to retain the packing components and the spring. The cap is to compress the packing components and the spring to a predetermined load in response to the cartridge being fastened to the bonnet of a valve.

Valve packing apparatus and related methods

The present disclosure includes a retaining ring for a valve plug assembly. The retaining ring includes a first ring portion having an inner surface with a central axis extending along a circumference of the first ring portion, and a rib disposed on the inner surface of the first ring portion and offset from the central axis. The retaining ring also includes a second ring portion having an inner surface with a central axis extending along a circumference of the second ring portion, and a rib disposed on the inner surface of the second ring portion and offset from the central axis. The second ring portion is coupled to the first ring portion such that each of the ribs disposed on the inner surfaces of the first and second ring portions are configured to mate with a groove of a valve plug.

Retaining ring and method of manufacture

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture of valve packing apparatus and related methods. An apparatus includes a cartridge including packing components and a spring. The cartridge is dimensioned to fit in a bore of a bonnet of a valve. A retainer is disposed in an aperture of the cartridge. The retainer is removable from the aperture to release the spring to apply a predetermined compressive load to the stack of packing components.

A flow control device has a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path connecting the inlet and the outlet and a unitary trim cartridge assembly secured to the valve body. The trim cartridge assembly has a cage disposed in the flow path, a bonnet coupled to the cage, and a retaining element disposed between the cage and the bonnet. The cage includes an exterior groove formed on an exterior surface of the cage, the bonnet includes an interior groove formed on an interior surface of the bonnet, and the retaining element extends into the interior groove and the exterior groove. A height of the interior groove and/or a height of the exterior groove is greater than a height of the retaining element to allow the cage to move longitudinally within the bonnet with the bonnet and cage assembled.

Flow control device and trim cartridge assembly for a flow control device

A method of servicing a trim cartridge assembly for a valve assembly. The method includes cutting a portion of a bonnet of a trim cartridge assembly and separating the bonnet from a cage of the trim cartridge assembly. The method also includes removing at least one of a retaining ring, a remaining portion of the bonnet, and a spiral wound gasket. The method still further includes replacing the remaining portion of the bonnet with a spacer of a trim cartridge repair kit and disposing a replacement flat sheet gasket of the trim cartridge repair kit at a first end of the spacer. The method also includes disposing a replacement spiral wound gasket of the trim cartridge repair kit at a second end of the spacer opposite the first end of the spacer.

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Marshalltown, IA, United States of America

Aaron Anderson