PTFE Gasketing exhibits strength, dimensional stability.
Press Release Summary:
Made from 100% expanded PTFE, GORE(TM) GR sheet gasketing withstands creep relaxation and promotes performance at elevated operating temperatures. Sheet integrity helps prevent fractures that can occur due to improper gasket loading in circumstances such as extreme flange deviation and misaligned flanges. Able to be used in most types of sealing applications, product is impervious to chemicals, suitable for use from -450 to +600°F, and withstands pressures to 3,000 psig.
Original Press Release:
Enhanced GORE GR Sheet Gasketing is Stronger Than Ever...and Even More Reliable
Elkton, Md., February 8, 2008 - The enhanced performance attributes of GORE(TM) GR sheet gasketing represent the latest technical breakthrough for PTFE gasketing in the area of dimensional stability - a key attribute of important value to users.
Featuring a unique, newly patented microstructure, GORE(TM) GR sheet gasketing's ability to withstand creep relaxation means better performance at elevated operating temperatures. Plus, its better sheet integrity helps prevent fractures that can occur due to improper gasket loading in exceptional circumstances such as extreme flange deviation and misaligned flanges.
With these enhanced performance properties, industrial users who have relied on GORE(TM) GR sheet gasketing for exceptional sealing since the early 1990s can be more confident than ever about its benefits: greater reliability, along with encountering even fewer operational "surprises" from flanges. This, in turn, provides key advantages for plant operators, including reducing sealing system costs, minimizing downtime, and optimizing personnel safety.
GORE(TM) GR sheet gasketing can be used in most types of sealing applications. Made from 100% expanded PTFE, the unique, proprietary material is impervious to virtually all chemicals, is suitable for use from -450°F to +600°F (-268C to +315C), and withstands pressures to 3,000 psig. The material also complies with FDA food requirements.
For more details on GORE(TM) GR sheet gasketing, or for information on the full line of innovative sealing products from Gore's Sealant Technologies Group, call toll-free (800) 654-4229 or visit http://www.gore.com/sealants.
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is a creative technology company employing more than 7,000 associates in 45 plants and sales locations worldwide. For over 30 years, Gore's Sealant Technologies Group has designed and developed innovative PTFE gaskets, seals and other fluid-sealing products for both standard and unique sealing and pumping applications. Each product is engineered to be the best-performing, highest-quality product solution in its class.
