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  • Thumbnail for Globe valve
    a movable plug or disc element and a stationary ring seat in a generally spherical body. Globe valves are named for their spherical body shape with the...
    9 KB (1,262 words) - 07:22, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mitral valve
    The mitral valve (/ˈmaɪtrəl/), also known as the bicuspid valve or left atrioventricular valve, is one of the four heart valves. It has two cusps or flaps...
    21 KB (2,451 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Solenoid valve
    A solenoid valve is an electromechanically operated valve. Solenoid valves differ in the characteristics of the electric current they use, the strength...
    18 KB (2,245 words) - 18:11, 31 January 2024
  • A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a barrier (gate) out of the path of the fluid. Gate valves require very little...
    6 KB (860 words) - 10:20, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Schrader valve
    The Schrader valve (also called American valve) is a type of pneumatic tire valve used on virtually every motor vehicle in the world today. The Schrader...
    11 KB (1,134 words) - 07:54, 19 July 2024
  • electrically divided by the properties of collagen proteins within the rings. The valve rings, central body, and skeleton of the heart consisting of collagen...
    13 KB (1,529 words) - 17:26, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart valve
    ventricles from a blood vessel. Heart valves are situated around the fibrous rings of the cardiac skeleton. The valves incorporate flaps called leaflets or...
    22 KB (2,632 words) - 18:51, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Butterfly valve
    o-ring, precision machined, and a flat valve face on the upstream and downstream sides of the valve.the drawback is that wafer butterfly valves only...
    8 KB (1,079 words) - 16:01, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sleeve valve
    The sleeve valve is a type of valve mechanism for piston engines, distinct from the usual poppet valve. Sleeve valve engines saw use in a number of pre–World...
    42 KB (5,960 words) - 21:09, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Valve
    A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening...
    26 KB (3,406 words) - 14:39, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mitral stenosis
    opening of the mitral valve of the heart. It is almost always caused by rheumatic valvular heart disease. Normally, the mitral valve is about 5 cm2 during...
    25 KB (2,801 words) - 22:23, 7 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Scuba cylinder valve
    A scuba cylinder valve or pillar valve is a high pressure manually operated screw-down shut off valve fitted to the neck of a scuba cylinder to control...
    47 KB (5,214 words) - 17:14, 2 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artificial heart valve
    available tilting-disc valve was the Bjork-Shiley valve. Tilting‑disc valves, a type of swing check valve, are made of a metal ring covered by an ePTFE fabric...
    35 KB (3,973 words) - 12:54, 11 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blowoff valve
    blowoff valve (also called dump valve or compressor bypass valve) is a pressure release system present in most petrol turbocharged engines. Blowoff valves are...
    6 KB (693 words) - 21:46, 15 February 2024
  • circlip Poppet valve Positive crankcase ventilation valve (PCV valve) Pulley part Rocker arm Rocker cover Starter motor Starter pinion Starter ring Turbocharger...
    15 KB (1,451 words) - 17:16, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tap (valve)
    variations) is a valve controlling the release of a fluid. Tap is used in the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth for any everyday type of valve, particularly...
    16 KB (2,224 words) - 04:11, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Desmodromic valve
    their actuation in different directions. A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine poppet valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system...
    20 KB (2,477 words) - 21:21, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crankcase ventilation system
    internal combustion engine. The system usually consists of a tube, a one-way valve and a vacuum source (such as the inlet manifold). The unwanted gases, called...
    17 KB (2,368 words) - 20:29, 14 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Björk–Shiley valve
    The Björk–Shiley valve is a mechanical artificial heart valve. The valve was co-invented by American engineer Donald Shiley and Swedish heart surgeon...
    6 KB (689 words) - 23:23, 14 August 2024
  • Mitral valve annuloplasty is a surgical technique for the repair of leaking mitral valves. Due to various factors, the two leaflets normally involved in...
    6 KB (685 words) - 02:49, 10 October 2023
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