- Email: [email protected]
FSA appoints two new board members
NEWS/IN BRIEF atures up to 302°C (575°F) and can withstand pressure up to 414 bar (6000 psi). The purpose of the OmniSeal anti-blowout seal used in the check valve of the rocket engine is to seal pressurised gas and liquefied gas from temperatures below -184°C (-300°F) up to 50°C (122°F). The seal is proofed for pressure close to 207 bar (3000 psi). The Fluoroloy jacket material provides excellent wear resistance, anti-deformation, has a low coefficient of friction and cold temperature capabilities. Saint-Gobain says the anti-blowout seal is designed to operate for hundreds of cycles without any leakage. The OmniSeal product line is available in multiple designs, such as 103A, APS, Spring Ring II, 400A, RP II and RACO 1100A, and is also offered in various custom designs. These include seal jackets in a range of Fluoroloy materials and springs in various configurations. Saint-Gobain Seals’ sealing technology has been used in launch vehicles such as the Atlas V rocket engine (which launched into space the Mars Rover, Curiosity), Delta IV Heavy rocket and Falcon 9 rocket. Contacts: Saint-Gobain Seals Group, 7301 Orangewood Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92841, USA. Tel: +1 714 995l 1818, Fax: +1 714 688 2800, Web: www.seals.saint-gobain.com Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Nv, 22 Heiveldekens, 2550 Kontich, Belgium. Tel: +32 3 458 2828, Fax: +32 3 450 6601, Web: www.plastics.saint-gobain.com
Media- and heatresistant sealing for mixer shafts
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he separable shaft sealing ring Radiamatic HTS II from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is finding application in the food and beverage industry. According to firm, its material characteristics, low-dead-space design and ability to be easily installed make it a good candidate for sealing mixer shafts. It also can be used to retrofit equipment. Mixing shafts in precision mixers are often sealed with stuffing box packing. If its sealing characteristics are good, it offers an advantage: it can be maintained or replaced with little effort. However, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) shaft sealing rings are better suited to the hygienic requirements of the food and beverage industry, says the company – because of their high resistance to media and heat, as well as their consistently excellent sealing characteristics.
The demountable mixing shaft seal consists of four segments and an O-ring. Two seal segments respectively produce one ring. The two rings are, in turn, assembled at a 90° angle. The segments are made from PTFE E202 and meet the material requirements set out by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (EC) No. 1935/2004 and EU No.10/2011. The O-ring cord, which consists of 70 ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) 291 elastomer, fulfils the requirements under 3A, FDA and (EC) No. 1935/2004 standards, says Freudenberg. The separable shaft seal ring is a further development of the standard Radiamatic HTS II, explains the company. It was developed for FDA-compliant, low-gap and lowdead-space shaft seals in mixers and stirrers. The distinctive design feature of the ring is a special seal-lip geometry in which the seal lip is arranged flush on the product side. There is also a precisely defined contact surface that remains nearly constant under all operating conditions. This ensures outstanding sealing characteristics even under severe stresses, such as high pressure or circumferential velocities. It also reduces friction and wear. The separable Radiamatic HTS II can be installed without dismantling the gear unit, which makes this shaft sealing ring a cost-effective and reliable retrofit seal for use in mixers and stirrers, subject to strict hygiene requirements. Contacts: Freudenberg Sealing Technologies GmbH & Co Kg, Hoehnerweg 2–4, 69469 Weinheim, Germany. Tel: +49 6201 80 2366, Fax: +49 6201 88 7467, Web: www.fst.de Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, 47690 East Anchor Court, Plymouth, MI 48170-2455, USA. Tel: +1 734 451 0020, Fax: +1 734 451 2547, Web: www.fst.com
Company News FSA appoints two new board members
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he US-based Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) has appointed Phil Mahoney and Robert Rutherford to its board of directors. Mahoney is currently Design Engineering Manager, Compression Packing and Mechanical Seals, A.W. Chesterton Co, in Groveland, Massachusetts. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering and a Master of Science
IN BRIEF Texthread launches new Web-site US-based manufacturer and distributor of industrial threaded products Texthread Inc has launched its new Web-site. The company says that it provides improved presentation, and incorporates improved navigation features and additional product content. It also includes a section on the firm’s product expansion into gaskets and seals. More information: Web: www.texthread.com Hydratight receives training award Joint integrity company Hydratight Ltd was honoured at the Annual Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Training Awards, which was held recently at The Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London, UK. The firm received a ‘Highly Commended’ award for its commitment to mechanical joint integrity training and practices in the UK. More information: Web: www.hydratight.com/training Federal-Mogul Vehicle Components division is renamed US-based Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp, a supplier of automotive components, technologies and services, has renamed its Vehicle Components division. It is now called FederalMogul Motorparts. ‘For more than a century we have remained focused on providing the highest quality components across each of the product categories and regions we serve. Vehicle manufacturers recognise this as our friction products are found on seven of the top 10 vehicle models in Europe, and the bestselling vehicle in North America,’ said Daniel Ninivaggi, CEO, Federal-Mogul Motorparts, and Co-CEO, Federal-Mogul Holdings. The company says that the move is the next step in its ongoing strategy to drive the global growth of its premium products and leading brands. New guide describes benefits of Bal Seal’s capabilities A new guide has been published that highlights the benefits of collaborating with Bal Seal Engineering Inc to develop sealing, connecting, conducting and EMI shielding technology. The four-page guide describes how the company’s precision-engineered Canted Coil Spring is employed as a seal energiser or stand-alone electrical-mechanical component to improve overall equipment performance and reliability. The guide can be downloaded free of charge from the company’s Website. More information: Web: www.balseal.com/general-capabilitiescatalog
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Phil Mahoney
degree in Engineering Management. With over 24 years of experience in the sealing industry he has held various engineering positions including applications engineering, product management and new product development. Mahoney currently also serves the FSA as Chair, Compression Packing Division and Vice Chair, Membership Committee, as well as a member of the Government Affairs Working Group, the Marketing Committee and the Technical Coordinating Committee. Robert Rutherford, Chief Executive Officer, EGC Enterprises Inc, which is based in Chardon, Ohio, is Californian. He began EGC with his friend and partner Bernie Casamento. Both had worked for other companies before, but this opportunity represented a brand new challenge for a brand new material – flexible graphite. It also opened up an entirely different world for Rutherford that, with few exceptions, has been extraordinary. ‘Flexible graphite is an exceptional product, but it was brand new and we had to show companies how it could be used for fluid sealing,’ said Rutherford.
Robert Rutherford
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‘Getting started was tough. But we did not approach the market like others. We were real honest and instead of giving them what they wanted we told them what they needed. I believe we did what was right and it has paid off.’ Rutherford is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering . He holds seven US patents. Founded in 1933, the FSA is an international trade association. Member companies are involved in the production and marketing of a wide range of fluid sealing devices, primarily targeted at the industrial market. Its membership includes a number of companies in Europe, and Central and South America, but is most heavily concentrated in North America. FSA members account for a majority of the manufacturing capacity for fluid-sealing devices in the Americas market. Contact: Fluid Sealing Association, 994 Old Eagle School Road #1019, Wayne, PA 19087, USA. Tel: +1 610 971 4850, Email: [email protected], Web: www.fluidsealing.com
Flexitallic Middle East receives Saudi Aramco and SABIC approvals
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lexitallic Middle East Llc, part of global sealing technology specialist The Flexitallic Group, reports that it has received two highly-regarded customer approvals for its new facility in Saudi Arabia. The facility, which is located on the Dammam to Jubil Highway, has been fully approved by state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, and SABIC, a manufacturing company active in chemicals and intermediates, industrial polymers and metals, for the production of the group’s established range of gaskets. Flexitallic says that it confirms the quality of its products and manufacturing operations. Manufacturing the Flexitallic Group’s full range of semi-metallic and metallic gaskets, the company provides cutting facilities for the production of soft-cut gaskets from sheet material, which is held in stock. Established in 2013 Flexitallic Middle East’s operation received its certificate of registration last summer. It began manufacturing gaskets soon after, securing agreements to supply products for a number of projects in the region whilst working towards these approvals.
In addition to the production and distribution of its specialist sealing products it also provides complete technical application support and technical training through the Flexitallic Group’s Academy of Joint Integrity. The academy is approved by the UK’s Energy Institute as a training provider and delivers Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) mechanical joint-integrity programmes to support the skills development and competencies of engineers. The facility in Saudi Arabia perfectly complements the Flexitallic Group’s existing facility in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is operated by Flexitallic Llc. Already established as a major supplier of sealing products and services to the UAE region, Flexitallic is enjoying continued growth and is experiencing a period of investment, which includes $1-million worth of new specialist machinery to expand the operation. Phil Kelshaw, Sales Director, Eastern Hemisphere, Flexitallic, commented: ‘We are proud to receive approvals from two of the region’s most important companies. They are clear endorsements of the quality of our product range and our manufacturing operations as we continue to expand our presence in the Middle East.’ Contacts: Flexitallic Ltd, Scandinavia Mill, Hunsworth Lane, Cleckheaton BD19 4LN, UK. Tel: +44 1274 851273, Fax: +44 1274 851386, Web: www.flexitallic.eu The Flexitallic Group, 250 bis rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 4888 8887, Web: www.fdsgroup.net Flexitallic Middle East Llc, Al-Aujam Industrial City, 6790-Al Badia, Unit No. 1, 32656-2462, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel: +966 13 8089 635, Fax: +966 13 808 9634, Web: www.flexitallic.sa
Garlock Singapore receives ISO 9001:2008 certification
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arlock Singapore, which specialises in sealing technology and products for pharmaceuticals and biotechnology applications, has received ISO 9001:2008 certification. Awarded by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), this certification confirms that Garlock Singapore has met or exceeded best-practice standards for quality management principles.
August 2014
Media- and heatresistant sealing for mixer shafts
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he separable shaft sealing ring Radiamatic HTS II from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is finding application in the food and beverage industry. According to firm, its material characteristics, low-dead-space design and ability to be easily installed make it a good candidate for sealing mixer shafts. It also can be used to retrofit equipment. Mixing shafts in precision mixers are often sealed with stuffing box packing. If its sealing characteristics are good, it offers an advantage: it can be maintained or replaced with little effort. However, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) shaft sealing rings are better suited to the hygienic requirements of the food and beverage industry, says the company – because of their high resistance to media and heat, as well as their consistently excellent sealing characteristics.
The demountable mixing shaft seal consists of four segments and an O-ring. Two seal segments respectively produce one ring. The two rings are, in turn, assembled at a 90° angle. The segments are made from PTFE E202 and meet the material requirements set out by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (EC) No. 1935/2004 and EU No.10/2011. The O-ring cord, which consists of 70 ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) 291 elastomer, fulfils the requirements under 3A, FDA and (EC) No. 1935/2004 standards, says Freudenberg. The separable shaft seal ring is a further development of the standard Radiamatic HTS II, explains the company. It was developed for FDA-compliant, low-gap and lowdead-space shaft seals in mixers and stirrers. The distinctive design feature of the ring is a special seal-lip geometry in which the seal lip is arranged flush on the product side. There is also a precisely defined contact surface that remains nearly constant under all operating conditions. This ensures outstanding sealing characteristics even under severe stresses, such as high pressure or circumferential velocities. It also reduces friction and wear. The separable Radiamatic HTS II can be installed without dismantling the gear unit, which makes this shaft sealing ring a cost-effective and reliable retrofit seal for use in mixers and stirrers, subject to strict hygiene requirements. Contacts: Freudenberg Sealing Technologies GmbH & Co Kg, Hoehnerweg 2–4, 69469 Weinheim, Germany. Tel: +49 6201 80 2366, Fax: +49 6201 88 7467, Web: www.fst.de Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, 47690 East Anchor Court, Plymouth, MI 48170-2455, USA. Tel: +1 734 451 0020, Fax: +1 734 451 2547, Web: www.fst.com
Company News FSA appoints two new board members
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he US-based Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) has appointed Phil Mahoney and Robert Rutherford to its board of directors. Mahoney is currently Design Engineering Manager, Compression Packing and Mechanical Seals, A.W. Chesterton Co, in Groveland, Massachusetts. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering and a Master of Science
IN BRIEF Texthread launches new Web-site US-based manufacturer and distributor of industrial threaded products Texthread Inc has launched its new Web-site. The company says that it provides improved presentation, and incorporates improved navigation features and additional product content. It also includes a section on the firm’s product expansion into gaskets and seals. More information: Web: www.texthread.com Hydratight receives training award Joint integrity company Hydratight Ltd was honoured at the Annual Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Training Awards, which was held recently at The Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London, UK. The firm received a ‘Highly Commended’ award for its commitment to mechanical joint integrity training and practices in the UK. More information: Web: www.hydratight.com/training Federal-Mogul Vehicle Components division is renamed US-based Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp, a supplier of automotive components, technologies and services, has renamed its Vehicle Components division. It is now called FederalMogul Motorparts. ‘For more than a century we have remained focused on providing the highest quality components across each of the product categories and regions we serve. Vehicle manufacturers recognise this as our friction products are found on seven of the top 10 vehicle models in Europe, and the bestselling vehicle in North America,’ said Daniel Ninivaggi, CEO, Federal-Mogul Motorparts, and Co-CEO, Federal-Mogul Holdings. The company says that the move is the next step in its ongoing strategy to drive the global growth of its premium products and leading brands. New guide describes benefits of Bal Seal’s capabilities A new guide has been published that highlights the benefits of collaborating with Bal Seal Engineering Inc to develop sealing, connecting, conducting and EMI shielding technology. The four-page guide describes how the company’s precision-engineered Canted Coil Spring is employed as a seal energiser or stand-alone electrical-mechanical component to improve overall equipment performance and reliability. The guide can be downloaded free of charge from the company’s Website. More information: Web: www.balseal.com/general-capabilitiescatalog
3 August 2014
Sealing Technology
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Phil Mahoney
degree in Engineering Management. With over 24 years of experience in the sealing industry he has held various engineering positions including applications engineering, product management and new product development. Mahoney currently also serves the FSA as Chair, Compression Packing Division and Vice Chair, Membership Committee, as well as a member of the Government Affairs Working Group, the Marketing Committee and the Technical Coordinating Committee. Robert Rutherford, Chief Executive Officer, EGC Enterprises Inc, which is based in Chardon, Ohio, is Californian. He began EGC with his friend and partner Bernie Casamento. Both had worked for other companies before, but this opportunity represented a brand new challenge for a brand new material – flexible graphite. It also opened up an entirely different world for Rutherford that, with few exceptions, has been extraordinary. ‘Flexible graphite is an exceptional product, but it was brand new and we had to show companies how it could be used for fluid sealing,’ said Rutherford.
Robert Rutherford
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‘Getting started was tough. But we did not approach the market like others. We were real honest and instead of giving them what they wanted we told them what they needed. I believe we did what was right and it has paid off.’ Rutherford is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering . He holds seven US patents. Founded in 1933, the FSA is an international trade association. Member companies are involved in the production and marketing of a wide range of fluid sealing devices, primarily targeted at the industrial market. Its membership includes a number of companies in Europe, and Central and South America, but is most heavily concentrated in North America. FSA members account for a majority of the manufacturing capacity for fluid-sealing devices in the Americas market. Contact: Fluid Sealing Association, 994 Old Eagle School Road #1019, Wayne, PA 19087, USA. Tel: +1 610 971 4850, Email: [email protected], Web: www.fluidsealing.com
Flexitallic Middle East receives Saudi Aramco and SABIC approvals
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lexitallic Middle East Llc, part of global sealing technology specialist The Flexitallic Group, reports that it has received two highly-regarded customer approvals for its new facility in Saudi Arabia. The facility, which is located on the Dammam to Jubil Highway, has been fully approved by state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, and SABIC, a manufacturing company active in chemicals and intermediates, industrial polymers and metals, for the production of the group’s established range of gaskets. Flexitallic says that it confirms the quality of its products and manufacturing operations. Manufacturing the Flexitallic Group’s full range of semi-metallic and metallic gaskets, the company provides cutting facilities for the production of soft-cut gaskets from sheet material, which is held in stock. Established in 2013 Flexitallic Middle East’s operation received its certificate of registration last summer. It began manufacturing gaskets soon after, securing agreements to supply products for a number of projects in the region whilst working towards these approvals.
In addition to the production and distribution of its specialist sealing products it also provides complete technical application support and technical training through the Flexitallic Group’s Academy of Joint Integrity. The academy is approved by the UK’s Energy Institute as a training provider and delivers Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) mechanical joint-integrity programmes to support the skills development and competencies of engineers. The facility in Saudi Arabia perfectly complements the Flexitallic Group’s existing facility in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is operated by Flexitallic Llc. Already established as a major supplier of sealing products and services to the UAE region, Flexitallic is enjoying continued growth and is experiencing a period of investment, which includes $1-million worth of new specialist machinery to expand the operation. Phil Kelshaw, Sales Director, Eastern Hemisphere, Flexitallic, commented: ‘We are proud to receive approvals from two of the region’s most important companies. They are clear endorsements of the quality of our product range and our manufacturing operations as we continue to expand our presence in the Middle East.’ Contacts: Flexitallic Ltd, Scandinavia Mill, Hunsworth Lane, Cleckheaton BD19 4LN, UK. Tel: +44 1274 851273, Fax: +44 1274 851386, Web: www.flexitallic.eu The Flexitallic Group, 250 bis rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 4888 8887, Web: www.fdsgroup.net Flexitallic Middle East Llc, Al-Aujam Industrial City, 6790-Al Badia, Unit No. 1, 32656-2462, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel: +966 13 8089 635, Fax: +966 13 808 9634, Web: www.flexitallic.sa
Garlock Singapore receives ISO 9001:2008 certification
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arlock Singapore, which specialises in sealing technology and products for pharmaceuticals and biotechnology applications, has received ISO 9001:2008 certification. Awarded by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), this certification confirms that Garlock Singapore has met or exceeded best-practice standards for quality management principles.
August 2014