A welding rod is simply the type of electrode used in SMAW (Stick) welding. Welding rod generally is a welding electrode which is having flux on itz outer periphery which is used in shielded metal arc welding. Wel...
A foot valve is used to hold a prime in a pumping system which depends on a vacuum to raise intake fluid to the pump’s inlet opening. It is common in rural shallow well water systems, or in private water systems wh...
A check valve is a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to flow through it in only one direction. Check valves are two-port valves, meaning they have two openings in the body, one for fluid to enter and the o...
Ball valves are highly used valves in the PVC market. Ball valves are used to stop flow in the PVC Piping system. There are two different types of ball valves and they are compact ball valves and true union ball valves. ...
Check valves are installed at the connection of home sewer line to the city sewer line. When city sewer lines are filled to capacity, water from city sewer line tends to flow towards home sewer lines. Check valves suppli...
Since both devices allow fluid flow in one direction only, I see no functional difference. Different applications may have labeled them as you stated, but that doesn’t affect their basic purpose or operation. Check...