Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Spiral Wound Gaskets
Spiral Wound Gaskets
Spiral wound gaskets are used for applications that require an increase in temperature and pressure,
and high loads on the flanges. The most often used semi-metallic gasket for high-pressure joints
is the spiral wound gasket. Spiral wound gaskets are manufactured by winding an alternating
combination of a metal strip and soft filler material. The material is to be selected in order to fit
the application – Teflon or graphite, dependent on running parameters.
Depending on the flange type and application, a wide variety of configurations of the spiral wound
gasket can be used.
Available thickness: 2.5 mm; 3.2 mm; 4.5 mm; 6.4 mm; 7.2 mm.
• ASME B16.20
• EN 1514-2
• EN 12560-2
Shapes of spiral wound gaskets: round, oval, oblong, diamond, square, rectangular.
GCI – spiral wound gasket with both inner and outer ring, used for Raised Face – RF or Flat Face
– FF flanges.
GSI – spiral wound gasket only with inner ring, used for Male and Female –MF flanges
GC – spiral wound gasket only with outer ring, used for Raised Face – RF or Flat Face – FF
flanges.
GS – spiral wound gasket without ring, used for Tongue and Groove – TG and Male and Female
–MF flanges
• Inner ring: SS 304; SS 316L; SS 321; SS 304L; Carbon steel, Monel metal; Inconel; Alloy
20
• Filling: Flexible graphite; PTFE; Mica; Ceramics
• Outer ring: Carbon steel; SS 304; SS316L; SS 321; SS 304L; Monel metal; Inconel; Alloy
Working parameters:
They are strictly connected to the materials that are to be used in the manufacturing of the spiral
wound gasket.