What does MOV stand for?

Manually Operated Valve

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Samples in periodicals archive:

For control of the straightener actions, a manually operated valve station was provided adjacent to the straightener itself.

United Kingdom: Upgrade of pilot plant caster

For manually operated valves, this leads to increased strain on the operator, which can be both dangerous and inefficient.

Add-on gearbox for flangeless hand-wheel valves

Manually operated valves (the ones you open and close with a triangle-handled, two-pronged metal key that may be 6 inches, 30 inches, or 54 inches in length) are less prone to problems than remote-control valves.

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