Metal gasket for chain casing engines

Metal gasket for chain casing engines

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Webwatch a t u r e , gave a 1.3 m m g a s k e t w i t h l o n g i t u d i n a l t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h of i 0 0 4 0 0 _+ 1300 KPa, a n d a m o d u l u s of 1 757 0 0 0 _+ 170 700 KPa.

Metal gasket for cha.m casing engines Figure 4. Rolling the expanded PTFE o n t o itself is judged to improve its gasketing properties.

Patent number: E P 0 7 0 1 0 5 1 Publication date: 13 March 1996 Inventors: K Kubouchi, Y Fukui, K Inoue Applicant: Nippon Gasket

S a m p l e s of 2.1 m m d i a m e t e r g a s k e t m a d e u s i n g 14:1 e x p a n d e d m i c r o p o r o u s PTFE s h e e t gave a l o n g i t u d i n a l s t r e n g t h of 39 0 5 0 _+ 8 3 4 KPa, a n d a m o d u l u s of 4 0 3 700 _+ 42 5 1 0 KPa. A s h e e t of t h e s a m e PTFE m a t e r i a l , w h i c h w a s h e a t treated again at a higher temper-

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