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A rotary valve rated for "high temperature" service means very little on a spec sheet. What matters is what happens to that valve on the worst day of its operating life — the process upset, the boiler trip, the moment temperatures spike well past the number printed in the catalog. Most rotary valves fail exactly then, at the point they're needed most, because they were built to tolerate elevated temperature rather than engineered to survive it. This article covers what actual