Low Stress Spiral Wound Gasket

Style LS & LSI

The Style LS spiral wound gasket has been engineered by Flexitallic to provide an
alternative to sheet gaskets in Class 150 and Class 300 service. Style LS gaskets Filler Flush With Metal

have the inherent strength, resiliency and blowout resistance of spiral wound gaskets,
yet require low bolt load for seating. They are manufactured with high purity flexible
graphite, and PTFE filler for optimum sealability, and are available for the full range
of standard Class 150 and Class 300 flanges, as well as other non-standard low Traditional Spiral Wound Gasket
pressure flanges. Consult Flexitallic Technical Department for availability of other
filler materials. PATENT NUMBERS 5161807 and 5275423.
Filler Protrudes Well Above Metal
The gasket allows designers to strictly adhere to ASME B and PV and ASME B31.3
codes requiring that bolt stresses do not exceed 25,000 psi. Where ASME flange
design calculations indicate that flanges will be over stressed if a standard Class 150
spiral wound gasket is used, the LS gasket is designed to compress at significantly
lower bolt load than standard Class 150 spiral wound gaskets, thereby maintaining LS Gasket
flange stresses within allowable limits. Style LS

Flexitallic LS Gasket Flexitallic LS Gasket

Typical gasket compression under Typical gasket sealing profile
an applied gasket stress of 5000 psi

Seal Pressure psi

Gasket Stress psi 1400
6

1200
5

1000
4

800
3

600

2
400

1
200

0
0
0.19 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.12
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Gasket Thickness in. Gasket Stress Ksi

LS 4 150 LS 4 150

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