Overview: The document provides comprehensive information on various high-temperature resistant, non-toxic, and asbestos-free silica-based textile products designed for industrial applications requiring thermal and mechanical resistance, such as metallurgy, industrial furnaces, and insulation.
Specifications: These products are characterized by high silica content, excellent thermal insulation, and resistance to high temperatures (up to 1200°C). They are non-irritating, fireproof, and have good chemical and mechanical resistance.
Product Types: The document describes several products including Silitex sleeves, cloths, needle felts, and Texil® textiles, each tailored for specific applications like heat insulation for pipes and cables, protection against metal splash, and soundproofing.
Applications: These products are used in industries such as iron metallurgy, automotive, nautical, and industrial sectors for thermal insulation, soundproofing, and protection against high temperatures and chemical agents.
Key Characteristics: Noted for flexibility, low thermal conductivity, and excellent resistance to thermal shock, these products maintain stability at high temperatures without producing harmful by-products like cristobalite.
Chemical Composition: Primarily composed of silica dioxide (SiO2), with varying percentages depending on the product type, and free from asbestos or heavy metals.
Standard Sizes: Lists standard sizes for each product type, providing dimensions and weights to guide selection for specific applications.
Sealing Joints and Insulation Products Overview:
1. Sealing Joints for High-Temperature Applications: Designed for use in boilers, industrial furnaces, furnace doors, coking ovens, stoves, and chimneys, available in various standard sizes.
2. Texil® Tapes: Made from Texil® yarn, these tapes are excellent insulators, non-irritating, and withstand continuous heat up to 1000°C, serving as substitutes for ceramic tapes.
3. Texil® Self-Adhesive Tapes: Similar to Texil® tapes but with an adhesive backing for easier application, suitable for furnaces, boilers, metalwork, small gas boilers, and pipe coating.
4. Texil® Ladder Tapes: These tapes have missing warp yarns to facilitate screw insertion, used in baking ovens, furnaces, and general metalwork.
5. Texil® Textape: Produced with Texil® fibre yarns, resistant up to 1100°C, and made using Tricotex knitting for softness and flexibility, used for heat protection, cable covering, pipe insulation, ovens, stoves, fireplaces, and boilers.
6. Texil® Cloths: Made from Texil® yarn, these cloths are excellent insulators and recommended as substitutes for ceramic fabrics.
7. Biotex® Textiles: Made from a special HT glassfibre with high calcium silicate content, reinforced with chrome-nickel stainless steel or glass fibres for high mechanical resistance, used in the iron industry, industrial kilns, electrical furnaces, boilers, stoves, chimneys, sealings, and high-temperature insulation.
8. Biotex® Twisted Ropes: Available with inconel or glass reinforcement, these ropes are soft, flexible, and ideal for high-temperature applications.
9. Biotex® Sleeves: Tubular gaskets reinforced with glass or inconel, suitable for continuous high temperatures, used for insulation of pipes, hoses, electric cables, and in various industries such as steelworks and metallurgy.
10. Biotex® Square Packings: Reinforced with glass or inconel, these packings offer flexibility and mechanical resistance, used for sealing joints in boilers, industrial kilns, furnace doors, and coking ovens.
Biotex® Products Overview: Biotex® textiles are made from carded yarns containing a special HT glass fiber with high calcium silicate content and a supporting cellulose fiber, viscose, reinforced with chrome-nickel stainless steel fibers or glass fibers, allowing them to withstand high temperatures up to 1050°C.
Product Specifications: Lists various Biotex® products, including rectangular packings, insulating ropes, and tapes, each with specific reinforcement materials and temperature resistances.
Applications: Used in sealing joints in boilers, industrial kilns, furnace doors, coking ovens, and for insulation purposes in pipes and cables, suitable for use in the aluminum and metallurgy industries.
Standard Sizes: Provides tables with standard sizes for various products, detailing diameters, roll lengths, and weights, with custom sizes available upon request.
Key Characteristics: Biotex® products are noted for their excellent flexibility, good mechanical resistance, and outstanding thermal insulation.
Reinforcement Materials: Emphasizes the use of inconel and glass fibers as reinforcement materials, providing enhanced durability and resistance to fraying, especially in high-temperature environments.
Additional Features: Some Biotex® tapes are available with adhesive backing for easier installation, although the adhesive side has a lower maximum temperature resistance of 80°C.
Texpack® Product Overview: Texpack® products focus on thermal and electrical insulation in industrial settings, with specifications including standard sizes for different products, such as thickness, width, roll length, and weight.
Product Descriptions and Applications: Includes Textape Thermaltex, Thermaltex Cloth, Texpack® Glass Textiles, Twisted Glass Ropes, Isoltex, Glass Sleeves, Elettroglass Sleeves, and Pyrotex®.
Characteristics: Details the physical and chemical properties of the materials used, such as fibre diameter, maximum working temperature, and thermal conductivity.
Key Data from Tables: Provides specific measurements for product dimensions and weights, essential for determining the right product for specific industrial needs.
Texpack® Glass Tapes: Made from 9 µ glass yarns that melt only at high temperatures, used for heat protection, cable covering, pipe insulation, and electrical insulation.
Texpack® Adhesive Glass Tapes: Made with 6-9 µ glass yarns, featuring a self-adhesive that withstands up to 80°C, suitable for furnaces, boilers, and general metalwork.
Texpack® Ladder Glass Tapes: Features missing warp yarns for easy screw insertion, available with an adhesive side, used in baker's ovens and general metalwork.
Elettroglass Tapes: Made with "E" type glass yarn for high thermal and mechanical resistance, used in electric motors, transformers, and various insulations.
Texpack® Caramelized Tapes: Caramelized to be non-irritating and light brown, used for heat protection and cable covering.
Self-adhesive Glass Filter Tapes: Designed for edging filtering hoses in industrial processes, used in cement and lime industries, incinerators.
Black Sleeve: Double black glass sleeve with excellent elastic spring-back and mechanical resistance, suitable for stoves and fireplaces.
White and Black Textape: Made with 6-9 µ glass yarns, resistant up to 550°C, produced using the Tricoté system, ideal for insulating windows of fireplaces and stoves.
Elettroterm Tapes: Fine glass fibre tape with heat-hardening silicone rubber adhesive, used in industrial furnaces and electric field applications.
Artica® Tape Black: Glass tape with special yarns, featuring double longitudinal seams for added resistance, suitable for wood-burning stoves and fireplaces.
Thermosleeve: Made with twisted glass yarns and reinforced with steel, withstands up to 550°C, used in industrial steelwork and fireplaces.
Black Tex: Black glass yarn seal with adhesive side, non-irritating and dust-free, ideal for insulating windows of fireplaces and stoves.
Specifications and Characteristics: Describes various types of Texpack® glass cloths and their applications, designed for high-temperature environments and non-combustible, offering excellent mechanical resistance and chemical stability.
Applications: Used in a wide range of industries, including heating stations, chemical and metallurgy industries, and shipbuilding, for protective covers, insulating cushions, expansion joints, and sleeves for piping.
Standard Sizes and Types: Lists standard sizes and types of glass cloths, including their weight, width, and roll length, with custom sizes and additional treatments like aluminium foil backing and silicone coating available.
Key Features: High-temperature resistance up to 1000°C for certain types, non-combustible and low chloride content, available in various weaves: cloth, twill, satin, and mock leno, with special treatments for enhanced properties.
Recommendations: For specific applications, it is recommended to choose the appropriate type of glass cloth based on the required thermal resistance, mechanical properties, and environmental conditions.
Ecotex Needle Felts: Made from inorganic E-type glass fibers, offering thermal stability and compliance with DIN1259 standards, used in nautical and naval industries for thermal and acoustic insulation, in the motorbike industry for exhaust and silencer insulation, and in the automotive industry for soundproofing and thermal insulation.
Specifications: Available in various thicknesses and densities, with a maximum application temperature of 600°C.
Texcalor Covers: Made with Texpack® glass cloths, these edged covers provide heat protection and flame resistance, suitable for engine covers, welding, and valve protection.
Standard Sizes: Available in various dimensions and thicknesses.
Pyrotex® Products: Made from glass fiber yarns coated with red silicone rubber, providing high heat and fire insulation, resistant to marine corrosion, suitable for various industries including aeronautics, automotive, and metallurgy.
Applications: Used for protecting discharge pipes, high-pressure pipes, and in industries like steelworks and oil rigs.
Specifications: Continuous working temperature of 260°C, with maximum heat resistance up to 1600°C for short durations, non-inflammable and resistant to hydraulic fluids and chemicals.
Health Risks: Minimal acute mechanical irritation upon inhalation or skin contact.
Pyrotex® Sleeves with Velcro: These sleeves have the same characteristics as standard Pyrotex® sleeves but include velcro for easy application and replacement, ideal for protecting hoses and cables in operation, especially in aluminum, steel, and naval industries.
Pyrotex® Products Overview:
1. Pyrotex® Sleeves and Tapes: Made from glass fibre coated with red silicone rubber, providing high heat and fire insulation, used in industries such as aluminum, iron metallurgy, naval, industrial furnaces, and automotive for high-pressure taping and protection of hoses and cables.
2. Pyrotex® Vulcanised Tapes: Made from red silicone rubber with iron oxide, these tapes are self-gluing and self-wrapping, ideal for sealing ends of coverings, used for electric cable covering in aircraft, protection of joints, insulation of coils, and lining of hot fluid pipelines.
3. Pyrotex® Cloths: High-density glass fibre cloth with red silicone rubber coating, resistant to high temperatures, used for protection against welding sparks, molten metal, and radiating heat, used in arc furnaces.
Tenack Products Overview:
1. Tenack Sleeves and Products: Made from AISI 316 L steel fibre, these products withstand temperatures up to 650°C and are resistant to mechanical stress, corrosion, and water, used in the glass industry for covering stacker rods, lining moulds, and as mould separators.
2. Tenack Knitted Sleeves: Made by weaving AISI 316 L stainless steel yarns, offering elasticity and high-temperature resistance, used for covering transport cylinders in the glass industry and high-temperature flexible hoses.
Overview: Provides detailed information on various textile products made from AISI 316 L stainless steel and aramidic fibers, primarily used in the glass industry, designed to withstand high temperatures and prevent thermal shocks and micro cracks.
Specifications and Characteristics: Material Composition: AISI 316 L stainless steel and aramidic fibers, Thermal Resistance: Melting temperature of stainless steel is 1,400°C, with a maximum working temperature of 650°C, Aramidic fibers degrade between 450°C and 550°C, Mechanical Properties: Excellent mechanical resistance, good resistance to UV rays, solvents, and basic substances, but low resistance to acids.
Product Descriptions and Applications: Tenack Sleeves: Used for covering transport cylinders and flexible hoses in high-temperature environments, Tenack Square Packings: Flexible and elastic, used for covering gripping and handling equipment in the glass industry, Tenack Green Iron Packings: Made from a combination of stainless steel and aramid fibers, offering high abrasion resistance and used for covering glass handling equipment, Tenack Tapes: Used for covering pushing devices in the hollow glass industry, resistant to high temperatures and abrasion, Tenack Cloths: Made with a satin weave for smooth surfaces, used for applications requiring tensile stress resistance, Tenack Felts: Reinforced with stainless steel cloth for greater mechanical resistance, used for covering pushing devices and stacking bars.
Aramtex® Products: Composition: Made from 100% pure aramidic fibers, offering high mechanical resistance and heat resistance up to 350°C, Applications: Used in the glass industry for covering rollers and ovens, and for covering bending molds and pliers for hot glass handling, Product Types: Includes sleeves, packings, tapes, cloths, and gloves.
Standard Sizes: Various standard sizes are available for each product type, with custom sizes available upon request.
Overview: Provides detailed descriptions and applications of various Aramtex® textile products, specifically designed for use in the glass industry and other high-temperature environments, primarily used for lining rollers in tempering furnaces and protecting hot glass sheets during processing.
1. Aramtex® Sleeves: Made from 100% pure aramidic yarn with discontinuous filaments, offer greater softness and good mechanical resistance at a lower cost compared to continuous filament sleeves, used mainly in the glass tempering sector for lining rollers in tempering furnaces.
2. Aramtex® Square Packings: Designed to protect hot glass sheets during transfer onto rollers, square section ensures complete adherence to roller surfaces, preventing contact with metal parts, available in both discontinuous and continuous filament versions, with the latter offering improved mechanical characteristics.
3. Aramtex® Round Packings: Similar to square packings but with a round section for different application needs, made with both discontinuous and continuous filaments, providing good thermal characteristics and mechanical resistance.
4. Aramtex® Black Packings: Feature a fiberglass core with an external sleeve of black aramidic yarn, dust and dirt-free, making them ideal for bread ovens and other applications, maximum operating temperature of 350°C.
5. Zylon-PBO Packings: Made from Zylon-PBO fiber, known for its light weight and high resistance to flames and heat up to 500°C, offers superior toughness and resistance to abrasion and shearing compared to aramidic fibers.
Standard Sizes: Various standard sizes are available for each product type, with options for custom sizes upon request, continuous lengths in meters cannot be guaranteed due to production requirements.
Aramtex® Tapes: Made from 100% pure para-aramidic yarns, available in both discontinuous and continuous filament forms, woven in multiple layers to create a smooth surface that prevents marking on hot glass sheets, exhibit excellent mechanical properties, including resistance to abrasion, shearing, and thermal resistance up to 350°C.
Applications: Used as protective linings for sliding rollers in tempering furnaces and conveyor belts in the flat glass industry.
Standard Sizes: Widths range from 8 to 300 mm, with thicknesses from 2 to 5 mm, continuous lengths cannot be guaranteed due to production requirements.
Technora Tapes: Manufactured with a para-aramidic fibre by Teijin, Technora tapes offer high tensile strength, elasticity, and resistance to heat and chemicals, woven in layers to provide a smooth surface that does not scratch hot glass.
Applications: Used in various industrial applications, especially as protective coverings for sliding rollers in glass tempering furnaces.
PBI Tapes: Texpack® PBI tapes are designed for high-temperature applications and include a double-sided adhesive for easy positioning.
Applications: Protective coverings for sliding rollers in hardening furnaces and conveyor belts.
Aramtex® Cloths: Aramidic cloths made with advanced looms, suitable for protective clothing due to their thermal insulation, resistance to shearing, abrasion, and acids.
Applications: Used for anti-heat and anti-flame gloves, aprons, and safety curtains.
Aramtex® Gloves: Made from aramidic fibre, these gloves offer resistance to wear, abrasion, and high temperatures, serving as an alternative to asbestos gloves.
Applications: Suitable for jobs with risks of abrasion, cuts, and brief contact with flames or heat.
Textile Products: Texpack® offers a range of heat-insulating textile products for industrial applications, providing flexibility, ease of application, and high thermal efficiency.
Applications: Include valve covers, blankets, and custom-made cushions for complex shapes.
VT Cushions and Special Textiles: Insulating products that are easy to fit and remove, offering fire resistance, adaptability, and resistance to vibrations and chemicals.
Applications: Used in gas turbines, valve covers, and steam lines.
Valve Covers: Removable textile thermal covers for valve insulation, made from silicone-coated glass fabric, providing water and oil resistance and thermal insulation up to 250°C.
Texpack® Valve Covers: Texpack® valve covers are textile-type removable heat covers designed for valve insulation, made from silicone-coated glass fabric, they are water and oil impermeable and can withstand temperatures up to 250°C, customizable for higher temperatures (up to 1100°C) and specific insulation thicknesses, closure system uses hooks and stainless steel springs, all materials are asbestos and ceramic fiber-free, complying with safety regulations, available for diameters from 15 DN to 250 DN.
Textile Compensators: Used in systems with gaseous fluids, like air and smoke, at temperatures up to 1200°C, lightweight, easy to install, and durable, absorbing vibrations and compensating for movements in piping systems, crucial for industrial plant longevity, chosen based on operating conditions like temperature, pressure, and chemical resistance, applications include high-temperature smoke ducts, naval, and energy sectors.
Fire Blankets: Made from fire-retardant glass fiber fabric, fire blankets are part of fire-fighting equipment for extinguishing small domestic fires by smothering flames, packaged in soft or hard bags, used in domestic, commercial, and vehicular settings.
Stopfire Blanket: Asbestos and ceramic-free, designed to protect surfaces from welding work, flexible, durable, and does not emit smoke, standard size is 250 x 280 mm, with other sizes available, consists of silica fabric, aluminum foil, and Biotex® insulation.
Carbon Felt: Made from 70% pre-oxidized polyacrylonitrile and 30% black polyester, offering fire resistance up to 800°C, used for welding blankets, furnace insulation, and protection in high-temperature environments, available in rolls or covers.
Sewing Yarns: Texpack® sewing yarns are suitable for high-temperature applications, used in various industries like steelworks and power plants, range includes Aramtex® yarns, Teflon-coated glass yarns, and cotton with stainless steel yarns, offering high mechanical resistance and temperature endurance.
Filter for Aluminium: Texpack® produces filtering fabrics for molten aluminum processes to remove impurities, coated with phenolic resin or ceramic mixtures to ensure integrity during use, custom solutions available based on client needs.
Technical Document Summary:
1. Sewing Yarns: Texpack® offers a variety of sewing yarns including 100% Aramtex®, Aramtex® reinforced with stainless steel, PTFE coated glass, and cotton reinforced with stainless steel, each type is available in different codes, Nm or tex values, spool lengths, and weights.
2. Refractories and Sealants: Texpack® provides refractory products with high resistance to temperature, fire, shocks, compression, wear, and thermal changes, suitable for insulation in industrial and naval sectors, sealants designed for small repairs and sealing tasks, offering resistance to water, oil, high temperatures, and cold.
3. Biotex® Products: Biotexpaper: Made from Biotex® fibre, withstands temperatures up to 1400°C and is available in strips, applications include seals for furnaces and fire protection, Biotex® Fibres: Available in two types (1450°C and 1260°C), used in metallurgy and ceramics furnaces, offering excellent insulation and resistance to gas erosion.
4. Insulating Materials: Taspack: An asbestos-free insulating millboard suitable for high-temperature applications up to 700°C, Taspack N/120: Similar to Taspack but suitable for temperatures up to 1200°C, Texboard: Rigid panels made from ceramic fibres, suitable for constructing self-supporting structures exposed to flames, withstanding temperatures up to 1260°C, Arcotex 20 ST: Offers high mechanical resistance and thermal shock resistance up to 700°C, suitable for precision mechanical work.
5. Key Characteristics: Products are characterized by their thermal resistance, insulation properties, tensile strength, and low thermal conductivity, specific details such as density, shrinkage, and thermal conductivity are provided for each product type.
Specifications and Characteristics: Outlines various technical specifications and characteristics of industrial materials and products, including self-adhesive aluminium tapes, silicone sealants, vermiculite sheets, refractory adhesives, and gaskets.
Self-Adhesive Aluminium Tapes: Characterized by their non-flammability, good thermal stability, and resistance to tearing, stretching, and moisture infiltration, used in combination with insulating materials and easy to apply due to their adhesive film, key features include excellent steam barrier, damp resistance, and high adhesiveness.
Silicone Sealants: The 9000 ST silicone sealant is heat-resistant up to 300°C and is used for sealing in high-temperature applications such as boilers and heat exchangers, available in red and black colors.
Vermiculite Sheets: Made from pressed vermiculite, offering high insulating capacity and resistance to fire and high temperatures up to 1100°C, used in industries such as metallurgy and automotive for insulating stoves and fireplaces.
Refractory Adhesives: The 2273 X Thermofix adhesive is suitable for temperatures up to 1000°C and provides solid and immediate adhesion, used for insulating panels and furnace door seals.
Gaskets: TEXPACK® provides a range of gaskets for various industrial applications, discusses the concept of 'tightness' in joints, emphasizing the importance of controlling leakages to prevent maintenance issues and environmental pollution, tightness factors are crucial for designing gaskets to ensure joint tightness under different conditions.
Sealflex Jointings: Made from cellulose and mineral fibers with an NBR-based elastomer binder, suitable for use with fuels, oils, and gases, have specific characteristics such as density, compressibility, and tensile strength, with guidelines for operating temperature and pressure limits.
Texoil Jointings: Compressed jointing made of aramidic fibers and heat-resistant fillers bound with NBR with high acrylonitrile content, suitable for use with solvents, gas, oils, hydrocarbons, low-pressure steam, and slightly aggressive chemical agents, complies with hygiene requirements for the food industry and water treatment plants.
Key Specifications: Elastic recovery: 45% (ASTM F36), Compression retention at 300°C: 20 N/mm² (DIN 52913), Tensile strength: 9 N/mm² (DIN 52910), Maximum temperature for brief exposure: 300°C, Maximum continuous working temperature with non-aggressive fluids: 250°C, Maximum operating pressure: 80 bar.
Texuniversal Jointings: High-quality compressed jointing with aramidic fibers and heat-resistant fillers, compliant with DIN 28091 FA-A1-0 and BS 7531 class Y, used with solvents, gas, oils, hydrocarbons, HFC, low-pressure steam, weak alkaline and acid environments, meets hygiene standards for the food industry and water treatment plants.
Key Specifications: Elastic recovery: 55% (ASTM F36), Compression retention at 300°C: 22 N/mm² (DIN 52913), Tensile strength: 11 N/mm² (DIN 52910), Maximum temperature for brief exposure: 350°C, Maximum continuous working temperature with non-aggressive fluids: 300°C, Maximum operating pressure: 100 bar.
Kegraf Jointings: Asbestos-free, high-quality sheet jointing with aramidic fibers, lamellar graphite, fillers, and NBR binder, complies with DIN 28091-2 and BS 7531 grade Y, suitable for saturated steam, fuels, lubricants, weak acids, and alkalis, handles dynamic stress from temperature or pressure vibrations.
Key Specifications: Elastic recovery: 50% (ASTM F36), Compression retention at 300°C: 25 N/mm² (DIN 52913), Tensile strength: 9 N/mm² (DIN 52910), Maximum temperature for brief exposure: 370°C, Maximum continuous working temperature with non-aggressive fluids: 330°C, Maximum operating pressure: 100 bar.
Reinforced Kegraf Mesh Jointings: Graphited jointings with aramidic fiber base and NBR binder, asbestos-free, with reinforced stainless steel, suitable for water, steam, oils, solvents, fuels, and strong alkalis.
Key Specifications: Elastic recovery: 50%, Tensile strength: 15 Mpa, Maximum working temperature: 400°C, Maximum working pressure: 120 bar.
Flexoid Material: Material in reels made of cellulose fibers impregnated with elasticized gelatines, chosen for its cost-performance ratio, used for seals in automotive components like carburetors, petrol pumps, and cooling water pumps, resistant to oils, petrol, diesel, gas, water, antifreeze, greases, solvents, and kerosene.
Key Specifications: Elastic recovery: 40% min (ASTM F36), Breaking load: 13.79 MN/m² min (ASTM F152), Maximum working temperature: 120°C, Maximum working pressure: 10 bar*.
*Temperature and pressure limits are not simultaneous and depend on actual operating conditions.
Jointex® Red: High-quality PTFE sheet jointing filled with silica particles, offering isotropic mechanical properties, excellent creep resistance, and sealing capabilities at high temperatures, ideal for reducing leakages in chemically aggressive environments, suitable for chemical, petrochemical, paper, food, and pharmaceutical industries, not suitable for melted alkaline metals, hydrofluoric acids, and fluorine gas.
Characteristics: Excellent chemical and strain resistance, no deterioration, good compression, flameproof, water repellent, FDA compliant, BAM certified.
Properties: Max pressure 85 bar, temperature range -200°C to +260°C, specific weight 2.20 g/cm³.
Jointex® Blue: PTFE sheet jointing filled with glass fibers, providing high sealing capacity and stability against ageing, suitable for chemically aggressive environments in chemical, petrochemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries.
Characteristics: Excellent chemical resistance, high sealing capacity, flameproof, water repellent.
Properties: Max pressure 80 bar, temperature range -200°C to +260°C, specific weight 2.20 g/cm³.
Jointex® White: Modified PTFE sheet jointing reinforced with heat-resistant fillers, offering excellent mechanical and chemical properties, suitable for reducing leakages in chemically aggressive environments, ideal for chemical, petrochemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries.
Characteristics: Excellent chemical resistance, high sealing capacity, flameproof, water repellent, FDA compliant.
Properties: Max pressure 80 bar, temperature range -200°C to +260°C, specific weight 2.24 g/cm³.
Jointex® Micro: High-quality PTFE sheet jointing filled with glass microspheres, providing excellent compressibility and elasticity, ideal for chemically aggressive environments in pharmaceutical industries.
Characteristics: Excellent chemical resistance, high sealing capacity, flameproof, water repellent.
Properties: Max pressure 60 bar, temperature range -200°C to +260°C, specific weight 1.60 g/cm³.
Overview: Provides detailed technical specifications and applications for various sealing materials, including Texlon sheets, reinforced graphite sheets, and Texgraf tapes, designed for use in demanding industrial environments, offering high resistance to chemicals, temperature, and pressure.
Texlon Sheets: Made from 100% pure, multi-directional PTFE, designed to adapt to the roughness and irregularities of flanges, providing high resistance to leakage, suitable for large diameter flanges, piping systems, and complex geometries, especially in the presence of aggressive chemicals and in food and pharmaceutical industries.
Key Features: Chemically inert, suitable for high temperatures, highly conformable, and reduces maintenance costs.
Reinforced Graphite Sheets (6802 LGR): Flexible expanded graphite sheets reinforced with stainless steel, ideal for flat gaskets in severe conditions, suitable for high temperature and pressure environments, with thermal-mechanical cycles, and in the presence of steam and aggressive fluids.
Technical Characteristics: Excellent resistance to creep, chemical stability, and good sealing capacity even with low torque loads.
Reinforced Graphite Sheets with Tanged Foil (6803 LGR/F): Similar to 6802 LGR but reinforced with a tanged stainless steel foil for enhanced performance under severe conditions, suitable for high temperature and pressure applications, withstanding thermal-mechanical shocks.
Technical Characteristics: High compressibility and elastic recovery, with excellent stress retention and relaxation properties.
Texgraf Tapes: High-density self-modelling graphite tapes suitable for advanced technology applications, offering high thermal conductivity and chemical resistance, used in pumps, valves, and various high-tech sealing applications, capable of withstanding extreme temperatures and chemical agents.
Production Types: Includes standard, self-adhesive, and corrugated versions.
Conclusion: Outlines the versatility and robustness of these sealing materials, emphasizing their suitability for challenging industrial applications where chemical resistance, temperature stability, and mechanical strength are critical.
Texgraf Graphite Tapes: Self-molding, high-density gaskets made from high-purity graphite, suitable for advanced technology applications, flexible, elastic, self-lubricating, and have high thermal conductivity, allowing for long-term operation at lower temperatures.
Specifications: Operate between -240°C to 430°C in air, resistant to various chemicals except strong oxidizers like fuming nitric acid.
Applications: Suitable for pumps, valves, high-tech seals, and various industrial applications involving extreme conditions.
Metaltex Gaskets: Part of the Texpack® family, featuring an inner reinforcement ring that enhances sealing performance and prevents fluid infiltration, ideal for heavy-duty use in chemical, petrochemical, automotive, and heating plant industries.
Technical Data: Made from graphite with a steel reinforcement, resistant to various chemicals and physical stresses.
Metaltex 2B Gaskets: Reinforced with both inner and outer rings, offering enhanced protection and sealing performance, suitable for extreme conditions in various industrial sectors, including chemical, automotive, and heating plants.
Elastograf Gaskets: Made from a corrugated metal core and flexible graphite, offering superior sealing and stability during thermal cycles, used in petrochemical, paper, steel, and pharmaceutical industries.
Texgraf Flat Gaskets: Known for stability under temperature, pressure, and corrosion, suitable for a wide range of applications from aerospace to chemical industries.
Production: Includes various types of gaskets with or without metal inserts.
Fire-safe Graphite Seals: Made from expanded graphite tape, suitable for pumps and valves, offering excellent sliding properties and minimal wear, reinforced seals include a perforated metal sheet for enhanced pressure resistance.
Texpack® Seal Packing Products: Offers a variety of seal packing solutions including reinforced graphite rings, shaped graphite tape rings, trapezoidal section graphite rings, and valve gaskets, designed to withstand high pressures and temperatures.
Grafitol (6242): A special grease used for the constant lubrication of taps and valves for steam, water, and gas, acts as an anti-stick agent for bolts, screws, and gaskets exposed to high temperatures and pressures, helps preserve gaskets, maintaining their functionality and increasing their sealing capability, operates effectively within a temperature range of -15°C to +160°C, available in various packaging sizes.
Spiralwound Gaskets (9 TX): Made from metal tape with a filler material such as graphite, ceramic, or PTFE, wound in a spiral with constant tension, available in various shapes and classified based on their intended use, centering rings are used to ensure proper alignment and prevent lateral expansion, different types include simple spirals, spirals with external or internal centering rings, and spirals with lightweight or dual bolt centering.
Ring Joints (9000 R): Solid
metal seals machined for high pressure and temperature applications, rely on the hardness differences between metals under high torque for sealing, various types are available, each designed to withstand specific pressure levels.
Metalpol (6805 G): A corrugated stainless steel ring providing elasticity and adaptability to flange surfaces, used in flanges, engine-generator exhaust systems, and PTFE envelope gaskets, standard sizes range from 20 DN to 500 DN.
Metalplastic Gaskets (9TMP): Consist of a soft core material coated with metal foil, available in various shapes and classified by their intended use, offer different construction characteristics and pressure ratings.
Kepan Manhole Gaskets (1380 P): Made from a composite cloth of aramidic and preoxidised carbon fibers, offer high resistance to cutting and traction, reinforced with chrome steel wire and impregnated with natural rubber for enhanced sealing, suitable for water, steam, and aqueous solutions with a pH of 4 to 10.
Kepan Packings (1380B): Made from heat-resistant fabrics treated with elastomers, offering high tightness and mechanical resistance, suitable for various applications, including high-pressure and high-temperature environments, standard sizes are available, and custom options can be produced on request.
Texlon Soft Adhesive Graphite Tape (5500 GR): A self-molding gasket tape designed for high clamping loads and temperatures, contains a high percentage of pure graphite stabilized in the microporosity of expanded PTFE, effectively dispersing heat without losing volume or density.
Texlon Self-Adhesive Graphite Tape (5500 GR): A self-modelling tape gasket designed for high tightening loads and temperatures, made from pure graphite and foamed PTFE, offers excellent heat distribution, high compressibility, and can withstand pressures up to 200 bar.
Applications: Suitable for manholes, handholes, smoke ducts, and steam pipe flanges.
Characteristics: Composed of 85% PTFE and 15% graphite, with excellent sealing capacities, total chemical resistance, and operational temperatures from -240°C to +280°C.
Tubetex Universal Gasket (4168T): A universal gasket made from expanded mineral graphite, suitable for extreme conditions, adapts to irregular surfaces and is easy to install.
Advantages: Universal use, high malleability, long-lasting, resistant to extreme conditions, and does not stick to surfaces.
Applications: Used in nuclear industries, refineries, petrochemical industries, and more.
Characteristics: Can withstand pressures up to 250 bar and temperatures from -100°C to +650°C.
Reflecting Glass Windows (9200 R): Made of hardened borosilicate glass for checking oil levels, compliant with DIN 7081 standards.
Characteristics: Offers high resistance to acids, alkalis, and pressure, with specific tolerances for length, width, and thickness.
Cut and Punched Gaskets (GV): Designed for perfect sealing between flanges, adaptable to surface irregularities, and resistant to specific pressures.
Considerations: Important to avoid contamination and know the nature of contact agents, operating temperature, and internal pressure.
Mousse Gasket (7000 M): A
flat gasket made of soft closed cell expanded rubber, suitable for heat and sound insulation.
Applications: Ideal for liquid and gas-tight seals on doors and windows.
Red Seal Gasket (7010 R): Made of expanded red silicone, providing excellent sealing and easy application.
Applications: Used for flanges, manholes, joints, electric motors, and ovens.
Technical Characteristics: Resistant to temperatures up to 180°C and pressures of 15 bar.
Texjunior Ciclo Cutter (6600 CJ): A circular cutter for producing precision O-rings up to 500 mm in diameter, with a replaceable hard metal cutting knife.
Instructions: Includes steps for cutting starting holes and adjusting diameters for cutting.
Compass Cutter with Roll Cutter Blade (9003 TP): Produces gaskets with diameters from 40 mm to 210 mm, suitable for various gasket materials.
Package: Includes 3 spare blades.
Gasket Cutter (9003 T): Produces gaskets with diameters from 80 mm to 1250 mm, suitable for cutting various materials.
Usage: Detailed instructions for positioning, cutting, and maintenance.
Instructions for Use: Position and lock the centering pin for the desired gasket diameter using the special lever, position the face and lower the cutting blade until the face is slightly etched, fasten and lock the cutting blade position, then lift it using the small handwheel, create a centering hole in the sheet for the gasket, position the sheet on the centering pin and cut the gasket by turning the bigger handwheel after lowering the cutting blade sufficiently, for materials thicker than 3 mm, cut halfway through, flip the sheet, and repeat the cutting operation.
Important: Lubricate the cutting blade pin occasionally, adjust cutting depth for the first gasket or when using different material thicknesses, the cutting edge must not rest on the pin, the blade can be sharpened or replaced easily, a spare blade is included.
Technical Data: Maximum length: 1100 mm, Maximum height: 250 mm, Maximum width: 170 mm, Weight: 6.5 Kg, Standard face thickness: 3 mm, Ø 400 mm, Optional face diameters: Ø 700 mm, Ø 1000 mm, Ø 1270 mm, Centering hole diameter: Ø 16 mm.
Applications: Minimum cutting diameter: approx. 80 mm (depends on material thickness), Maximum cutting diameter: 1250 mm, Maximum band thickness: up to 9 mm (depends on material consistency), Maximum band width: 160 mm, Minimum band width: up to 1 mm (depends on material consistency).
Supercut Tex Characteristics: Kit for making round gaskets with diameters between 2 mm and 50 mm, includes a central steel pin and punches of different diameters, can cut materials like asbestos-free, graphite, rubber, PTFE, PVC, cardboard, and leather, designed for small sample lots production.
Special Packing: Used for insulating shafts, rods, and seats to prevent gas or fluid leakages, applications include static seals, stem seals, moving shaft seals, and rotating shafts, key characteristics: flexibility, elasticity, homogeneity, compact external surfaces, and impregnation at the heart, components include PTFE, carbon, graphite, glass, ceramic, vegetable fibers, aramidic, synthetic braids, and metals, Texpack® uses high-quality raw materials and PTFE free of harmful substances.
PTFE Products: Made of 100% pure, virgin PTFE, heat resistance: usable between –200°C and +250°C, decomposes above 400°C, chemical resistance: resistant to acids and gases, inert to compounds with pH 0-14, resistance to vacuum and ageing, non-toxic, excellent insulator, applications: gaskets, rings, valve balls, expansion joints, protective coatings, insulators, bushings, elastic bands, and piston seals.
Overview of PTFE Properties and Applications: PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) is a versatile plastic known for its stable thermal conductivity, exceptional electric and dielectric properties, and low friction coefficients, unique among plastics for its ability to operate at temperatures up to 250°C.
Fields of Use: Due to its high chemical and thermal resistance and plasticity, PTFE is recommended for use in seals, rings, glands, valve balls, expansion joints, protective coatings, bushes, piston rings, and gaskets.
PTFE Products: Various PTFE products are available, including extruded and molded rods, pressed couplings, extruded tubes, skived tape, molded sheets, filled products, and custom-finished products like bellows and membranes.
PTFE Compensators-Bellows: Texpack® manufactures PTFE compensators-bellows according to DIN 2848 standards or custom designs, used in applications involving corrosive or hazardous fluids and foodstuffs, designed to absorb longitudinal expansions due to temperature changes.
Envelope Gaskets: Texpack® produces envelope gaskets enclosed in 100% virgin PTFE, suitable for highly corrosive environments, used in chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical industries.
Materials and Inserts: Texpack® offers a range of materials for envelope gasket inserts, including aramidic, inorganic, synthetic fibers, reinforced graphite, ceramic fiber fabric, elastomers, and modified PTFE, designed to withstand high temperatures, mechanical stress, and chemical exposure.
Steel Flon: A PTFE-based gasket reinforced with stainless steel, designed to replace asbestos seals, withstands temperatures up to 260°C, used in the chemical and petrochemical sectors.
Valve Seals: Feature a dual structure of 100% PTFE, providing chemical inertness and temperature resistance from -240°C to +260°C, suitable for preventing liquid and gas leaks in various industrial applications.
Seals: Valve seals are constructed with a double 100% virgin PTFE structure, featuring a plastic resin core and a spiral covering to resist extrusion, adapt to non-flat flanges, are chemically inert (except with alkaline metals and some halogenated compounds), and withstand temperatures from -240°C to +260°C, suitable for preventing liquid and gas leaks but not for oxygen, the material is clean, economical, easy to use, and does not harden or adhere.
Applications: Used in pharmaceutical, food, chemical, and petrochemical industries for connecting hoppers, centrifugal machines, load cell interchange, and rupture discs to blow-down.
Standard Sizes: Available in various sizes, including diameters of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 mm on request.
5300 MINIVAL: A mini-valve sealer made from universal PTFE for threads, resistant to air, water, gas, steam, oxygen, chemicals, acids, and bases, a 100% fluoropolymer (Teflon®) with certifications for gas and oxygen-steam applications, maintains plasticity over time, is chemically resistant, and operates between -200°C and +280°C, flameproof, non-combustible, and fully recyclable.
Features: Guaranteed sealing on any thread type, compliant with FDA and WRC regulations.
5400 - Thread Sealing Tapes: Made from 100% virgin unsintered PTFE, available in standard packs of 250 pieces, professional rolls and high-density pink pigmented rolls are available.
Standard Sizes: Various sizes with different thicknesses and lengths.
5400 NO - Gold Tapes & 5400 NR - Pink Tapes: Provide a solution for sealing issues on fittings and threaded elements, made from yellow or pink pigmented pure PTFE resin, resist temperatures from -240°C to +260°C and are chemically inert (except with certain compounds), not suitable for liquid oxygen.
Standard Sizes: Available in reels with various dimensions.
5200 - Texlon Sheets: Composed of 100% pure multidirectional PTFE, adapt to flange irregularities and provide resistance to leakage under thermal and external stress, suitable for large diameter flanges, piping systems, and complex geometries in aggressive chemical environments.
Key Features: Chemically inert, suitable for high temperatures, and reduces maintenance costs.
Technical Data: Certified for use up to 230°C, resistant to a wide range of chemicals.
5900 - Texlon Tapes: Made from pure expanded PTFE, these tapes adapt to all flange types and industrial equipment, resist corrosion and seal across a wide temperature range.
Applications: Used in various industries including steel works, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food sectors.
Features: Non-aging, easy to seal with low tightening force, and suitable for a wide range of applications.
5500 - Texlon Soft Self-Adhesive Tape: A self-molding tape made from 100% pure microporous multidirectional PTFE, offering high tensile strength and easy application on various surfaces.
Applications: Suitable for flanges, chimneys, pump bodies, ceramic connections, and more.
Description: Describes various types of Texlon self-adhesive tape gaskets made from PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene), self-modelling, chemically inert, and designed for high tensile strength and excellent sealing capabilities, available in multiple dimensions to fit various applications.
Applications: Texlon tapes are suitable for use in flanges, chimneys, pump bodies, ceramic connections, ventilation ducts, valves, pipes, evaporators, driers, condensers, compressors, agitators, mixers, furnaces, filters, boilers, and vacuum plants, also used in the chemical and food industries for ducts, autoclaves, and tanks.
Standard Sizes: Lists various standard sizes for Texlon tapes, detailing the width, thickness, and length of rolls available.
Deformation Values: Provides deformation values after tightening for different sizes of Texlon tapes, indicating how the dimensions change under different pressures (10 N/mm², 20 N/mm², 30 N/mm²).
Characteristics: Texlon tapes are composed of 100% pure PTFE, offering excellent sealing capacity, total chemical resistance, and a wide temperature range from -240°C to +280°C, resistant to all chemicals and solvents except alkaline materials under specific conditions.
Texlon SEMIHD: A soft self-adhesive tape made of chemically inert PTFE, suitable for long-lasting seals on various industrial equipment, resistant to pressures up to 210 bar and temperatures from -200°C to +280°C, with peaks up to 315°C.
Texlon HD: Made of unsintered PTFE, ideal for high-pressure applications and offers high thermal stability, certified to TÜV standards and complies with FDA and WRC standards.
Texlon M: A multi-directional expanded PTFE tape, offers excellent pliability and adaptability, suitable for uneven surfaces and high-pressure applications, resistant to ageing and can withstand temperatures from -240°C to +260°C.
Texlon GR: Includes graphite, enhancing its properties for specific applications.
Advantages: Texlon tapes are easy to install, versatile, and leave no residue upon removal, offer long-lasting performance, reduced risk of incorrect gasket selection, and cost-effective storage.
Technical Specifications: Describes a self-modelling graphitised tape gasket made of 85% PTFE and 15% graphite, key characteristics include high resistance to pressure and compression, compactness, and the ability to dissipate concentrated electrostatic charges, chemically inert, odorless, tasteless, soft, flexible, and can withstand temperatures from -200°C to +280°C, with a maximum of 315°C, operates effectively across a pH range of 0 to 14 and can handle pressures up to 210 bar.
Applications: Suitable for use in manhole covers, inspection doors, smoke flues, and steam pipe flanges.
Standard Sizes: Lists various standard sizes of the tape, with widths ranging from 14 mm to 30 mm and thicknesses from 5 mm to 10 mm.
Installation Procedure: Involves cleaning the sealing area, cutting the tape, and placing it around the flange circumference, for fragile flanges, specific techniques are recommended, including skiving the endings and overlapping them, installation requires at least four progressive torque sequences followed by a circular torque to ensure a tight seal.
Company Background: Texpack® was founded by Giorgio Lanza and Simonetta Ghisi, continuing the tradition started by Lanza S.p.A. in 1953, specializes in gasket production and offers a wide range of products, including asbestos-free options, emphasizes the importance of skilled technical staff and advanced machinery to achieve high production standards.