Corrugated Gaskets

Corrugated Gaskets consist of a corrugated metal core, normally made of stainless steel, with a soft facing layer such as graphite or PTFE applied to each face. The corrugations provide resilience and reduce the sealing contact surface area of the gasket, while the soft layer ensures outstanding sealing, even at low loads. The gaskets can take a load of 160 bar pressure.

These gaskets are particularly suited to heat exchanger applications as a replacement for spiral wound gaskets in industries such as food processing, power, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and shipbuilding.

Heat exchanger flanges heat and expand at different rates, owing to the difference in thickness of the mating flanges. This differential expansion can cause radial shearing of the gasket and therefore it is critical that a gasket is selected which resists radial shear and maintains a seal even under thermal cycling conditions.

Corrugated metal gaskets have a proven record in problematic exchanger applications, offering low relaxation, high resistance to radial shear and high levels of tightness. For this reason, these gaskets are replacing many of the older technologies such as metal jacketed gaskets, particularly on heat exchangers.

Corrugated gaskets are perfect for challenging environments handling materials such as gas, oils, chemicals or acids. 

The main features of Corrugated gaskets are:

• Premium mechanical strength and thermal conductivity.
• Tolerate high temperatures.
• No size limitations
• Stable and reliable sealing function
• Easy handling and installation
• Chemically resistant.
• Do not age or become brittle.

For informed advice or to order superior quality corrugated gaskets for fast delivery anywhere in the UK give us a call on 0117 9541117 or use the online contact form on the website.