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Bingley BD16 2BS England

Gasket Type Graphite filled Spiral-wound - Metaflex Type SG/IR 320/SPG
Thickness eGO [mm] 4.5mm

Minimum stress to seal Qmin/L (at assembly), QSmin/L (after off-loading) for p = 40 bar
QSmin/L [MPa]
L [mg/(s*m)] Qmin/L [MPa] QA = 20 QA = 40 QA = 60 QA = 80 QA = 100 QA = 120 QA = 140 QA = 160
[MPa] [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] [MPa]

10-0
10-1 <10 <10
-2
10 22 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
-3
10 48 33 26 22 20
-4
10 124 55
-5
10
10-6
10-7
10-8

Relaxation ratio PQR for stiffness C = 500 kN/mm

Gasket stress [MPa] ambient temperature temperature 1 [200°C] temperature 2 [300°C]
Stress level 1 [90 MPa] 0.95 0.88 0.85
Stress level 2 [150 MPa] 0.97 0.96 0,90
QSmax [480 MPa] 0.99 0.98 0.98

Maximal applicable gasket stress QSmax

QSmax [MPa] – ambient QSmax [MPa] – QSmax [MPa] –

temperature temperature 1 [200°C] temperature 2 [300°C]

480 480 480

Sekant unloading modulus of the gasket EG [MPa]

Gasket stress [MPa] ambient temperature temperature 1 [200°C] temperature 2 [300°C]
20 1273 1338 1787
30 1657 1999 2988
40 2524 2710 3402
50 2650 4277 5373
60 3403 3853 6071
80 3665 5600 5260
100 4601 6588 5747
120 5038 6662 6581
140 5682 6312 8309
160 6866 8338 8492
180 8753 8665 8672
200 7848 10422 12757
300 15298 19232 17522
400 25307 37773 22308

Note: the content of darkened cells was not determined respectively is unnecessary Creation date of this sheet: 11.05.2009