Technical Papers
Tech Notes
- Belleville Washers Should spring washers be routinely used on Heat Exchanger body flanges?
- Insulating Flanges The Pros and Cons of insulating pipe flanges.
- ALKY-ONE Corrosion Sealability Test The ALKY-ONE flange gasket is specifically designed for Hydrofluoric Acid environments and for other extremely corrosive services.
- Octagonal Ring Joint Gaskets Oval or Octagonal? Which are preferred?
- New vs. Used Studs Does it make any difference if I reuse my studs?
- Fin Fan Plug Gaskets Graphite-faced gasket now available.
Our Technical Papers
- All Sealing Problems Can Be Fixed Our paper (for presentation to the Fluid Leak Management Users Group of the Nuclear Industry, and to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association) presenting the high points from Chevron’s experience in controlling leaks.
- Advancements in Gaskets for HF Acid Alkylation Our paper (presented to the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers) presenting the development of the ALKY-ONE© gasket for Hydrofluoric Acid services.
Pivotal Industry Research Papers
- Inward Buckling of Spiralwounds Rod Mueller
- The failure of HE gaskets from differential Thermal Expansion (Reeves, Brown)
- RAST Study of heat exchanger gaskets (Brown)
- Paper on Lubricants (Brown)
- Spiralwound gasket (Teadit, Reeves)