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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Wade Jonathon Helfer, Ames, IA (US);
Fisher Controls International LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
Valve body insert apparatus and related methods are described. An example method includes inserting a first sleeve in a drive shaft bore of a valve body. The first sleeve is to line a first inner surface of the drive shaft bore to protect the first inner surface of the drive shaft bore from corrosion or erosion, and the first sleeve defining a first opening to receive a drive shaft. The method includes applying cladding to wetted surfaces of the valve body defining a fluid flow passageway and to at least a portion adjacent a first end of the first sleeve positioned in the fluid flow passageway, where cladding material is not applied to portions of the first inner surface of the drive shaft bore covered by the first sleeve.