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Gasket Materials that Can Withstand Harsh Weather Conditions

20 August 2019

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 […]

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Factors that Affect Torque Loss in Gaskets

07 August 2019

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 […]

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Best Practices for Flange Gasket Fitting and Installation

16 July 2019

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 […]

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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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