Pressure Seal Construction

(1) Samshin pressure seal bonnet seals more effectively as pressure increases,
because the pressure forces the sealing elements into closer contact.

(2) Developed design for highest pressure / temperature services employ

improved composite pressure seal ring with expanded graphite gaskets.

(3) The expanded graphite gasket provides excellent sealing at low and high
pressure, even under severe pressure / temperature transients.

(4) It provides easier disassembly for maintenance, seats over minor scratches
and does not depend on re-tightening under pressure after reassembly.

(5) Gasket Assembly Configuration

1) Construction of Graphite Gasket

The graphite gasket are flexible graphite rings preformed with special
molding, and the upper and lower faces of the gasket are covered with
metal mesh, which prevents extrusion of the flexible graphite to the
clearance.
2) Comparison with Metal Gasket

Item Graphite Gasket Metal pressure Gasket

Less seal ability because of

its hardness
Heat/Pressur Excellent seal ability
Leakage because of stress
e cycle because of its resilience
corrosion crack and
thermal transient.

Small tightening Big tightening stress

stress required
Handling
No special treatment Special treatment may be
required required

Easy take-up Difficult take-out

No damage given to Possible damage to valve
valve body body
Maintenance
No requirement of Possible requirement of
re-machining of valve re-machining of valve body
body. or bonnet.

3) Why Rectangular Graphite Gasket?

Rectangular Type

Wedge Type
 Comparison in Extrusion Property (Wedge > Rectangular)

(Rectangular Type - Extrusion)

(Wedge Type - Not extrusion)