James Walker has introduced a new product, which is set to bring new standards of flange isolation to critical applications in the oil, gas and other processing industries. Isolation gaskets are by their very nature a compromised product as they try to fulfil both sealing and isolating roles at a wide range of pressures and temperatures. However, by successfully optimising each component of its Insolion® flange isolation kit, James Walker has produced an isolation gasket with the widest possible performance envelope.
Using the best possible materials and optimising component design plus careful consideration of the positioning of the sealing element allows a single gasket design to be specified for plant-wide use across the majority of flange specifications including ASME, ANSI, API, ASME, EN, BS, ISO andDIN, saving on inventory costs and simplifying maintenance regimes.
The design of the InsoLion® gasket and location of the spring-energised sealing element ensures that the product will seal all major flange types including RTJ (ring type joint), raised face and instances where mismatched flanges occur.
Insolion® incorporates a U-shaped PTFE sealing element that has been optimised using finite element analysis (FEA) and is energised by a Phynox® spring. This combination provides almost unlimited media compatibility for critical and very critical service applications.
