LARGE STEEL FLANGE SEALING CHALLENGES
- High temperatures / thermal cycling
- Alternating system pressures
- Aggressive media
- Uneven flanges / sealing surfaces
GORE GASKET TAPE SERIES 500
A spool of GORE® Gasket Tape Series 500 provides an immediate, cost-effective solution to sealing challenges that demand reliable performance and extended durability. This high-temperature gasket tape, with its industry-leading creep resistance, is designed to maximize the operational reliability of large-diameter steel flange applications, especially those with thermal cycling.
Applications
GORE Gasket Tape Series 500 creates a high-performance seal that fits any shape, instantly and reliably, to create a tight and long-lasting seal, in diverse applications with harsh process conditions — especially those that require a high-temperature sealing tape.
WHAT IS HIGH-TEMPERATURE GASKET TAPE GOOD FOR?
High-temp gasket tape is ideal for large steel flanges in any processes involving thermal cycling — that is, processes with inherently variable and/or extreme operating temperature ranges.
Thermal cycling affects the coefficient of expansion of the steel flanges and bolt-loads, and as well as the cold-flow and creep properties of the surrounding gaskets. Therefore, processes that involve thermal cycling require a gasket designed to withstand them, in order to maintain the integrity of the seal.
Processes involving highly-aggressive media or thermal cycling:
- Chemical processing
- Pulp and paper manufacturing
- Mining and minerals
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Power generation
Large and/or non-standard steel equipment flanges:
- Vessel and tank process flanges & manways
- Large-diameter piping
- Heat exchangers
- Baffles
- Non-Standard flanges (rectangular, …)