The Union Tech Z4 Rising Stem Globe Valve Vs. Competitors

The Z-series of valves by UnionTech are designed for high performance and harsh applications: applications where leakage is simply unacceptable. The Z4 is specifically designed as a replacement for traditional ball, gate and plug valves in high performance applications, positive shutoff requirements, and frequent cycling. This can further be specified with soft or metal seating depending on your process conditions.

Sounds like a solid piece of equipment that could work in your process, but what makes it the device you want for your process? That’s what this post is all about: to discuss the benefits and features that are exclusive to the Union Tech Z4, or at least hard to find in competitors’ products. We believe this is a complete package product, and the reasons are the following.

The Z4 has proven to be faster to your production than many competitors, including the Orbit valve of same specification. We know that lead times can be crucial to scheduling and production at industrial sites. Shorter lead times mean more flexibility when it comes to a working window to complete a project or implementation. It also means less downtime in situations where your process is in a pinch and waiting on replacements. Overall, it means less headaches and more reliability.

The Union Tech Z4 in common sizes are readily stocked and results in extremely low lead times. For more customer engineered-to-spec cases the lead times look at about 26-28 weeks versus the 40+ you would see for some competitors.

Not only are we happy to get you the product faster, but we can also charge less for the same use case product. The Union Tech Z4 is approximately 30% less in cost than Orbit. Prices vary based on specifications, but the Z4 proves time and time again its economic value over other competitors.