Follow these tips to lengthen packing life.
Sealing Sense
This practice can ensure safety and reliability of piping systems.
Making use of dual-stage mechanical seal systems.
How to calculate if the bolt material can handle gasket stress.
Ensuring stuffing box reliability and controlling the environment mitigate many issues.
The restrained styles restrain, or better manage, the pressure thrust forces within the piping system.
What are the best practices for sealing equipment with high thermal expansion?
The testing characteristics of ductile and brittle bolting materials.
Calculation assumptions can lead to shorter equipment life, more downtime.
Compare the axial and lateral end load conditions for five possible piping designs.