Past posts have highlighted flange face problems and incautiously selected gasket materials. And rightfully so, for such errors can cause and all sorts of sealing issues. However, there’s also the question of installation correctitude, which requires a whole books-worth of procedural smarts to ensure flange-to-flange jointing integrity. From bolt ring tightening patterns to gasket selection […]
Harsh climates can damage sensitive machinery. Following on from that claim, extreme weather conditions cause damage to tough-as-nails industrial materials. And, since pipelines travel across vast open spaces, often while attacked by the most severe elemental forces, then they’re an easy target for this effect. Hot or cold, wet or dry, climate extremes can compromise […]
A ring of bolted fasteners typically encircles a pair of flange faces. Ideally, the bolts are tightened in a pattern so that they deliver a fixed amount of torque. In this way, a pipe joint or system fitting maintains a leak-free coupling. Even if the fluid flowing through a coupling is highly pressurized, the properly […]
Installation errors result in premature gasket failures. As a best case scenario, that failure causes system downtime. System stoppages take place, and then there are revenue losses to worry about. This is a problematic situation, but it’s fixable. Things could be so much worse, though. For one thing, the leaking fluid could be combustible or […]
Gasket installers run the risk of creating untenable situations when they install the wrong products on low-temperature fittings. At the very least, the wrong gasket material will harden and lose elasticity. It’ll experience creep and glass-transition brittleness. Upon stiffening, gaskets can’t compress, not without experiencing damage. As a worst case scenario, cracks propagate throughout seals […]
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