PMSS Ball Valve: Primary Metal Seated and Secondary Soft Seated

The PMSS is designed to engage the metal seat at all times, with the soft seat as a
back-up to provide bubble-tight shut off for both gas and liquid service.
In the PMSS system, a resilient material is inserted into the metal seat holder to
provide a soft seating action in addition to the metal to metal seating between
the ball and the seat rings. The flexible soft sealing in the seating rings is first
effective at low pressure ranges.
The testing have proven the primary metal seat alone, without the soft seat
installed, will provide effective shut off for both gas and liquid. With leak rates
for gas service in the range of ISO 5208 Rate D.
The ball and seats are commonly coated with either tungsten carbide, or most often
an electroless nickel as it is important to maintain a differential hardness
between the ball and seat to prevent galling of the substrate. When provided with
ENP, the ball is heat treated following ENP for maximum hardness and the seat ring
is not...thereby achieving the differential hardness.