1.

What is a Gasket
2. How Gasket Prevent leakage
3. Gasket Specifications
4. Sizes of Gasket
5. Temperature-Pressure rating of Gasket
6. Types of Gasket
7. Selection of Gasket
8. Installation of Gasket
9. Precautions for Gasket
10. Loss due to Gasket Leakage
11. Gasket Leaks Incidents
 Gaskets are used to create a static seal between two stationary
members of a mechanical assembly and to maintain that seal
under operating conditions which may vary dependent upon
changes in pressures and temperatures.
 Does Two flanges seal without gasket?
 If Yes then Why?
 If No then Why not?
SPECIFICATIONS EXAMPLE

Type of Gasket Full Face Gasket

Material EPDM

Size 3” (Vary from ½” to 24”)

Temperature- Pressure rating 150# (Vary from 150-2500 Class)

Standard B16.21 (Non-metallic Flat Gaskets for Pipe

Flanges)
 ½ “ -24”
 As per application
 ASME Pressure Classes: 150-2500

 Class 150 means this Gasket can sustain up to

150 psi maximum if the service temperature is
around 550F.

 At 100F service temperature, the gasket can

sustain 285 psi
7.1 Metallic

7.2 Semi Metallic

7.3 Non metallic

7.1.1 Solid Metal Ring
7.1.2 Hollow Metal O-
Ring
7.1.3 Corrugated Metal
 Shape: Octagonal and Oval
 Size: R, RX or BX number

 Material: SS-304/316/321/347/410/F-5, Soft iron

‘D’, Hasteloy Inconel & Monel
 Maximum P-T rating: 150-5000 Class
 Standard: ASME B16.20
 Application: Flanges of ASME B 16.5, ASME B
16.47, or API Specification 6A).
 Material: Various grades of Inconel and
Stainless Steel
 Maximum Pressure: High Vacuum to 700MPa
 Maximum Temperature: Cryogenic to 1000C
 Application: Mechanical Seals
 Material: Soft aluminum,
copper or brass, Metal
Iron or soft steel, Inconel,
Monel, SS304/ 316L
 Maximum T-P rating:
Class 150-2000
 Application: Valves,
Pumps, Heat Exchangers,
Flanges, Vessels
 7.2.1 Spiral Wound
 7.2.2 Jacketed Metal Gasket
 Application: Flanges of ASME B16.5 & B16.47
 Standard: ASME B16.20
 Maximum P-T rating: Class 150-2500
 Application: Heat exchangers,
Boilers and flues, Autoclaves and
other pressure vessels. Gas mains,
Pumps, Valve bonnets and duties
involving high temperature and dry
heat.
 7.3.1 Rubber Gaskets
 7.3.2 Graphite Sheet
Gasket
 7.3.3 PTFE Sheet Gasket
 7.3.4 Compressed Joint
Sheet Gasket
 7.3.5 Sealant Tapes
  Material:
i. Natural Rubber (-70F – 200F)
ii. Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) (-65F – 250F)
iii. Chloroprene Rubber (Neoprene ®) (-60F – 250F)
iv. Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) (-60F – 250F)
v. Flouro carbon rubber (FKM) Viton ® (-15F – 450F)
vi. CHLOROSULFONATED POLYETHELENE RUBBER (CSM) Hypalon®
(50F – 275F)
vii. SILICONE RUBBER (VMQ) (-65F -500F)
viii. ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE RUBBER (EPDM) (-70F-350F)

 Maximum Pressure: 150psi

• Material: Graphite with/ without metal
inserts
• Maximum Pressure: upto 250 Kg-F/cm2
• Maximum Temperature: -200-550C
 Material: PTFE
 Maximum Pressure: up to 124Kg-F/cm2
 Maximum Temperature: -212- 316C
 Application: Virtually pH 0-14
 Material: Asbestos, non-Asbestos and Fibre
 Maximum Pressure: up to 100 Kg-F/cm2
 Maximum Temperature: -100 - 300C
 Material: PTFE, rubber, etc
TAMP
 Temperature

 Application

 Material

 Pressure
 Flange face cleaning
 Flange face inspection
 Flange alignment inspection
 Gasket Inspection
 Gasket Placement
 Bolts lubrication
 Bolts tightening
 On 24th May 2004, A Hydrogen Fire took place due to the
Installation of an Incorrectly Sized Gasket at a Solvent
Manufacturing Plant
 On 10th January 2000, approximately 100 barrels of jet fuel
were discharged from Plantation Pipeline in Newington,
Virginia, resulted from a failed gasket on an interface
detector
 On 22nd February 2003, approximately 788 barrels of
gasoline were discharged from a portion of Plantation
Pipeline in Hull, Georgia, resulted from a failed gasket on a
buried block valve.
 On 15th December 2004, Employees were performing
maintenance on a propane pipeline near Mantador, North
Dakota, when a gasket on the pipeline's valve failed, causing
a leak. Nearby resident were evacuated, and a rail line was
shut down temporarily. There were no injuries
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