Seals Articles
New Valve Stem Packing Design Makes Reducing Fugitive Emissions EEEasy
With valves accounting for up to 70% of fugitive emissions (FE) from plants and refineries, tackling leakage is among the biggest obstacles to EU and ...
Valve User Issue 87
Ceetak discusses: Standard vs. custom seal design: What’s the best option for you?
The benefits of designing a valve, or actuator application around a standard seal size are generally well known. The expectation of standard seals is ...
Valve User Issue 86
Ceetak: Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE): Is this an overlooked material?
What is UHMWPE?
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) is a thermoplastic polyethylene with extremely long molecular chains. Also kn...
Valve User Issue 85
Research Partnership between James Walker & WMG: On sustainable high performance sealing material
Privately owned, British, advanced engineering and manufacturing group James Walker, has partnered with the International Institute for Nanocomposit...
Valve User Issue 84
Seals for the Chemical Industry
Moontown Ltd specializes in high-performance, safety critical sealing solutions for the Chemical Processing Industry. We know how vital it is for proc...
Valve User Issue 83
Fine Wire Fine Control
At Clifford Springs we are constantly pushing boundaries and looking to find new ways of solving customer problems.
Sometimes that’s innovating...
Valve User Issue 81
Nuclear safety: LATTY International certified ISO 19443
As a major player in the nuclear sector, LATTY International has been certified according to the ISO 19443 standard by the certifying body AFNOR certi...
Valve User Issue 81
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ New Whitepaper : Hydrogen in the Chemical Industry
The switch to green hydrogen in the chemical industry brings with it a number of challenges that need to be overcome. What impact does this have on th...
Valve User Issue 80
Ceetak asks: ‘Is it time to re-visit using perfluoroelastomer seals in your valves?’
First developed by Dupont in the late 1960s, perfluoroelastomers (or FFKMs), are now widely known and understood in a variety of markets. But for thos...
Valve User Issue 79
LATTYpack OIL sealing solution offers: Significant reduction in operating costs while providing fire safety and reducing fugitive emissions
Through its LATTYpack OIL, LATTY Group proposes an innovative solution for the Petrochemical industries, in compliance with API 622 and ISO 15848 FE s...
Valve User Issue 79
James Walker’s Solution for Sealing Molten Salt Media
Ultra-high temperatures combined with thermal cycling conditions of chemically aggressive, corrosive and abrasive media such as molten salts, provide ...
Valve User Issue 79
Food legislation-compliant seals from Freudenberg for an innovative water-hydraulic process valve
Applications in the process industry pose high requirements to the used components. They have to fulfil the hygienic design standards, be resistant to...
Valve User Issue 78
James Walker addresses lack of industry standardisation for hydrogen compatibility testing
The lack of industry standardisation places a significant burden on equipment manufacturers to confirm that products are appropriate and safe for use ...
Valve User Issue 77
Gee Graphite’s FPS-GEE Energised - helping reduce costs and fugitive emissions: Identify, Quantify, Rectify (IQR)
The FPS-GEE Energised IQR System is a full range of products and services designed to eliminate costly plant leakage problems and help reduce your fug...
Valve User Issue 76
Monarch Gaskets & Seals – Helping Solve Fugitive Emissions
Monarch Gaskets & Seals Ltd’s impressive start to 2022 includes the accreditation of ISO 9001 Certification, increasing the number of press ...
Valve User Issue 75
Why Ceetak uses Finite Element Analysis
Finite Element Analysis provides data to predict how a seal product will function under certain conditions and can help identify areas where the desig...
Valve User Issue 75
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ live webinars and on-demand recordings
Visit our new webinar page and watch all our food and beverage webinars.
Benefit from the know-how of our sealing experts and discover different topi...
Valve User Issue 75
Meet the Member – Röchling Industrial: PTFE & PEEK Valve Seats, and Semi-finished PTFE
We supply valve seats and seals, manufactured from our range of materials, to your specification, or PTFE billets ready to machine.
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Valve User Issue 74
Food Conforming Sealing Materials for Worldwide Use
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is adding further engineering plastics to its portfolio of materials for worldwide use in the food and beverage indus...
Valve User Issue 74
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies: Blue Premium Radial Shaft Seal
The operating conditions within the food industry are very challenging for the used sealing solutions, which not only have to comply with the high pur...
Valve User Issue 72
Freudenberg’s Simmerring® - Innovative, Functional and Long Lasting
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a broad portfolio of Simmerring® radial shaft seals to meet the diverse challenges of the food, bev...
Valve User Issue 71
Oliver Valves - New Seal Design!
The Fife LNG plant at Mossmorran, operated by SHELL, can provide a challenging environment for any high-pressure valve, but when a need arose for a nu...
Valve User Issue 71
Hygienic Sealing Solutions from Freudenberg: The latest members in the series of hygienic sealing solutions
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies expanded its sealing portfolio for hygienic systems in the process industry to include two new products: Hygienic For...
Valve User Issue 70
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Ltd: The Right Sealing System
Whether it is mixers, valves or filling machines; it might seem like connectors and fittings are only subordinate parts in a big processing plant. Nev...
Valve User Issue 70
Ceetak: Seals for Valve Applications
Valves are imperative for isolation and control functions, and can be found in a broad range of industries such as Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewat...
Valve User Issue 63