Sleeve valve with sync cam

A method of syncing a sleeve valve comprising:

• accessing a sleeve valve including
• a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet, an outlet, and a body cavity between the inlet and the outlet;
• a sleeve disposed at least partially within the body cavity, the sleeve including at least one opening fluidly connecting the inlet to the outlet;
• a gate proximate to the sleeve and moveable over a portion of the sleeve including the at least one opening, the gate including at least two front stops and at least two back stops;
• and
• a drive assembly including a pair of drive lines, each drive line including a drive shaft and a sync cam, the sync cam of each drive line movably positioned between each at least two front stops and each at least two back stops;
• moving the gate to a front stop position, wherein the front stop position includes placing at least one sync cam in contact with at least one front stop;
• aligning each sync cam in the front stop position to contact at least one front stop;
• moving the gate to a back stop position, wherein the back stop position comprises placing at least one sync cam in contact with at least one back stop;
• and
• aligning each sync cam in the back stop position to contact at least one back stop.

A method of controlling the flow of a fluid in a pipe system comprising:

• controlling a sleeve valve in the pipe system, the sleeve valve including
• a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet, an outlet, and a body cavity between the inlet and the outlet;
• a sleeve disposed at least partially within the body cavity, the sleeve including at least one opening fluidly connecting the inlet to the outlet;
• a gate proximate to the sleeve, the gate including at least one front stop and at least one back stop;
• and
• a drive assembly including at least one drive line, each at least one drive line including a drive shaft and a sync cam on the drive shaft, the sync cam of each at least one drive line movably positioned between one of the at least one front stop and one of the at least one back stop, a first gap defined between each at least one front stop and each sync cam, a second gap between each at least one back stop and each sync cam;
• moving the at least one sync cam to a front stop position, wherein the front stop position reduces the first gap;
• and
• moving the gate to uncover the at least one opening to allow fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet.