What type of gasket is suitable for the steam trap piping?
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What type of gasket is suitable for the steam trap piping? Because the temperature of the condensate water is also around 150-180°.
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Metal-graphite wound gaskets are the type of gasket most commonly used by our company.
Most of the time, wound gaskets are used; fiber-free asbestos gaskets can also be employed. In terms of comparison, wound gaskets are the most commonly used, available on the market, and they can withstand high temperatures. The exact temperature threshold they can handle depends on the graphite used, and more force is required to achieve a proper seal. Fibrostone asbestos-free gaskets can withstand high temperatures; they are also known as wound gasket bases, and some of them can handle temperatures up to 180 degrees. A relatively small force is sufficient to seal columns with these gaskets. They are not widely available on the market, and only large companies that have special requirements occasionally use them.
What type of gasket is suitable for the steam trap piping? Because the temperature of the condensate water is also around 150-180°. For such temperatures, it is best to use metal wound gaskets
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Metal wound gaskets are generally chosen as they offer a high safety factor and good sealing performance; ordinary 304 material combined with graphite is sufficient. The asbestos-free version is slightly more expensive; tetrafluoroethylene can also be used.
Metal-graphite wound gaskets are recommended for steam and drain piping.