JOURNAL HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND BALANCED TORQUE ARM FOR HIGH-PRESSURE ROTARY VALVE SYSTEM AND METHOD
Steam cutting, chatter, journal vibration, welding, and milling within a high-pressure rotary valve system may be mitigated by the use an adjustable journal housing assembly disengaged from the high-pressure rotary valve housing and configured to move laterally with respect to the journal to accommodate changes in journal eccentricity and attitude angle. A torque arm with at least two equidistant turnbuckles may be fitted on at least one end of a journal such that the at least two turnbuckles are fixedly engaged to a housing of the rotary valve system.