(March 30, 2021) Gallagher Fluid Seals, Inc. has exciting news for its customers. Flangeguards, a global leader of pipe and safety shielding products, has awarded Gallagher Fluid Seals with exclusive distribution rights in the East and Midwest territories of the United States.
2021 marks Gallagher Fluid Seals' 65th year serving the sealing industry. With 2020 and 2021 bringing unique challenges to our OEM and MRO customers, it's important that Gallagher continues to bring added value to our customers in the form of new product lines.
"I'm excited about this partnership with Flangeguards" says Mike Fischer, Director of Sales & Marketing at Gallagher Fluid Seals. "Their flange shield products, SUREBAND® Steel and SUREBAND® Clear, will provide a new and unique set of flange safety shields previously not sold by Gallagher, helping to serve our customers in an expanded fashion."
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin is a highly effective material for seal consumers due to its extremely low friction, high heat tolerance and chemical inertness.
With the right additives, PTFE resin can perform even better in terms of strength, thermal performance, chemical resistance and abrasion.
However, there are a few design considerations when using PTFE resin, particularly when combined with glass fiber and bronze.
This blog will examine PTFE fillers to enhance PTFE performance.
For nearly every application, the finish on a surface plays a critical role, bringing an enormous impact on performance and longevity.
Each manufacturing process used to acquire a specific surface finish produces a characteristic direction (lay) to the surface which affects wear patterns, performance, and longevity
Gallagher knows it's imperative to bring attention to the importance of surface finish and its relativity to the performance of your seals.
Check out part 2 of our 6-part video webinar series on Surface Finish.
Rubber deterioration can happen due to a variety of factors, including heat, light, and other environmental factors. Its greatest impact is typically with rubber seals and o-rings. This blog will discuss common deterioration causes for rubber seals and steps to help prevent underlying issues.
Elastomers are a natural or synthetic polymer that has elastic properties. Rubber is an example of an elastomer as rubber is stretchy. Rubber can deteriorate over time due to to the nature of the material. The most common causes of rubber deterioration include heat, exposure to light, and exposure to chemicals or even oxygen. Things like rubber seals and O-rings are susceptible to deterioration due to the molecular changes these factors cause. They can significantly impact the mechanical properties of the rubber seal, which results in shortened lifespan.
GYLON EPIX™ is a family of gaskets that effectively seals a broader range of applications and is more forgiving during the installation process. It allows the end user to save valuable turn-around time, reduce re-work, and lower costs, helping them to finish ahead of schedule and under budget.
GYLON EPIX™ features a hexagonal surface profile that provides the torque retention and blowout resistance of a thin gasket and the conformability of a thicker gasket. GYLON EPIX™ Style 3504 EPX is a high performance, aluminosilicate microsphere filled PTFE sheet material designed for use in moderate concentrations of acids, and caustics, as well as hydrocarbons, refrigerants, and more.
For nearly every application, the finish on a surface plays a critical role, bringing an enormous impact on performance and longevity.
That's why Gallagher Fluid Seals feels it's so imperative to bring attention to the importance of surface finish and its relativity to seal performance.
Below is part 1 of our 6-part video webinar series on Surface Finish.
Perfluoroelastomers (FFKMs) Dupont Kalrez® are used as seals on wafer processing equipment due to their extraordinary resistance to chemicals, including reactive plasmas and extreme heat as high as 620°F (327°C). FFKM performance can vary depending upon the chemical composition. Specially formulated Kalrez products may be required to help reduce wafer contamination.
Installing compression packing into stuffing boxes is often not carried out correctly, reducing the life of the product and causing unnecessary leakage. In this two-part blog, we will give you tips to follow for correctly installing compression packing, helping to ensure a trouble-free installation and maximum packing service life.
Too often, when installing compression packing, the incorrect packing is selected and installed. A variety of factors need to be considered including the following:
Mobile cranes perform a wide variety of tasks, typically of the heavy-duty kind. The work they do and the locations at which they operate are frequently exposed to harsh climatic conditions in places with insufficient infrastructure. This means that the sites at which the cranes are positioned and the environment in which they move is often not entirely suitable for this kind of heavy construction equipment.
Accordingly, there are high loads acting on the components, which often wear out prematurely as a result. A new sealing solution for swivel joints in cranes subjected to high loads, which combines a polyurethane O-ring with a nobrox® backup ring, has effectively remedied this issue.