The Importance of Selecting the Right Gasket Material for Low Temperature Applications
02 July 2019
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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Dealing with Expansion and Contraction of Flange Gaskets
17 June 2019
Malleable metals and compressible elastomers are superior gasketing materials. They form powerful seals when extreme flanging forces are applied. However, that principal feature can sometimes go awry. It backfires on an application. Instead of demonstrating a talent for countering flange load, unchecked contraction and/or expansion energies interfere with a gasket’s operational functions. Determining Ring Distorting […]
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Understanding Gasket Blowout and How It Can Be Prevented
03 June 2019
In fluid processing applications, gasket blowouts are classed as worst-case scenario events. One moment everything is working flawlessly. Pumps are running and pressurized fluids are safely contained. A catastrophic second later, an entire flange pairing or pipe fitting has failed. Without any discernible warning whatsoever, the steam or chemical or fuel load is whistling out […]
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What’s the Best Gasket Material for Helium Containment?
15 May 2019
Helium cylinders are used in ordinary applications. For instance, florists use helium to fill their balloons. Far and above such mundane practices, the lighter-than-air gas has become an industry-essential substance. And that’s where the problems begin, for helium molecules have a talent for penetrating high-quality seals. Consequently, if a pipe or fitting seal is to […]
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Gasket Compression Curve: Why is it Important in Gasket Selection?
01 May 2019
Numerically based literacy is applied when selecting a gasket. An engineer runs a finger down a list, finds the results of the scan pleasing, and the decision is made. Interestingly, gasket parameters are also stored in graphical formats. On graphs, two axial lines cross. A curve intersects. It creates a picture of a seal’s mechanical […]
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