Monthly Archives: January 2024
- January 30, 2024
Kalrez® Spectrum™ 7075
Kalrez FFKM parts have been the material of choice for mechanical seals, valves, and other chemical and hydrocarbon processing applications for 25 years.
Kalrez Spectrum 7075 expanded on the capabilities of Kalrez 4079 by offering much lower compression set, increased seal force retention, broader chemical resistance and higher temperature stability.
Kalrez Spectrum 7075 joined the family of Kalrez Spectrum™ products designed specifically for
- January 23, 2024
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Distributor and is proud to be one of the few premier distributors to qualify as a “Parker Seal Technology Center (STC)”.
Article re-posted with permission from Parker Hannifin Sealing & Shielding Team. Original content can be found on
- January 23, 2024
Polyurethane (AU) seals are among the most versatile and durable materials used in fluid power sealing. They are cast into billets or molds to create the seals used in many of the hydraulic components you see every day, such as pump shaft seals, cylinder pistons and rod seals. The material benefits from man chemical formula types, providing a wide range of sealing characteristics to suit countless applications.
Formerly known as Simrit, but now Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST), the Disogrin®
- January 22, 2024
Baffle Seals Help Improve Heat Transfer
Shell-and-tube heat exchangers with removable tube bundles require that manufacturing clearances are present to facilitate the insertion and removal of the tube bundles for maintenance, repair or cleaning purposes.
For heat exchangers designed for multipass flows within the shell — for example, Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association standard shell types F, G and H — it is common to incorporate a longitudinal baffle plate within the tube
- January 18, 2024
Enhancing the surface profile can improve sealing capabilities, extending the functionality of aging piping systems in chemical plants.
There are many aged and aging process plants in operation today. In fact, many of the processing plants for power, chemicals, oil, etc., have been in service for more than 50 years. And while the piping itself may remain intact, their bolted flange gasket joints and connections are becoming misaligned, corroded and damaged due to repeated handling, chemical
- January 17, 2024
Transfer Retention Downtime can be Costly
Often times people think that a seal is just a seal or that the materials don't matter, but this is far from the truth. No two sealing materials are exactly the same and have their own unique characteristics that make one material perfect for a specific application while another could completely fail. Materials are truly the foundation of every seal and can't be overlooked when you are considering what kind of seal to use.
- January 11, 2024
Garlock GYLON® Style 3545 Exceeds in Chemical Processing
INDUSTRY
Chemical Processing
OPERATING CONDITIONS
Size: Various
Temperature: 200° F
Application: Carbon steel, lead-lined flanges
Media: Bromine
Pressure: 150 psi - January 08, 2024
Article re-posted with permission from Parker Hannifin Sealing & Shielding Team.
Original content can be found on Parker’s Blog.
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Seal Technology Center - January 04, 2024
Vesconite Bearings celebrates milestone achievement with 0.5mm (0.019in) walled bearing
Vesconite Bearings, an innovator in bearing technology, is thrilled to announce a significant achievement – the creation of its thinnest-walled product to date.
This groundbreaking accomplishment is attributed to Vesconite Bearings’ unparalleled technical ingenuity and advanced CNC programming capabilities.
The focal point of this achievement was the production of close-to-paper-thin
- January 02, 2024
Download the Parker O-Ring Handbook
For more than 65 years, the Parker O-Ring Handbook has been an engineering staple of the sealing industry.
.... and now you can download it for free.
In 2015, Parker Hannifin Corporation launched an interactive digital reference guide to enhance and broaden the customer reach of the existing Parker O-Ring Handbook, the Parker O-Ring eHandbook.
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