Noreva’s NC is a lower cost solution which combines the advantages of the NZ with a shorter face-to-face length and reduced weight, where marginally higher pressure drops are acceptable. The NC is specially designed for gas applications having a centrally guided, single spring with very low fully open velocity. The design is focused on laying the centre of gravity of the only moving part, the disc, over the centre of the surface it is sliding on. Due to this design change, the NC is able to use softer springs, which function at very low flow rates, mainly because the tilting effect of the moving component is eliminated all together.