CHANGE™ GASKET

CHANGE™ GASKET
As the inventor of the spiral wound gasket, Flexitallic is pleased to offer another industry first: the Change™ gasket.
Change™ was initially developed to overcome key challenges of heat exchangers and in direct response to current
industry requirements, including:

 Production facilities pushing runtimes longer at higher pressures and temperatures requiring gaskets to last
longer, seal tighter, and remain cost effective;
 Strict low emissions compliance setting goals of 100% leak free operations with a focus of bolted joints as a
key area for improvement; and,
 Fire safety (API 6FB Fire Test) certification.

Through extensive testing and field service, Change™ has proven to deliver a more dynamic seal, superior
compression and recovery, and incredible resilience. Change™ has out-performed all alternative gaskets. Including
our own.

UNIQUE MANUFACTURING
The Change™ gasket design combines aspects of both a traditional spiral wound and a kammprofile, improving upon
both. Change™ uses a unique winding wire approximately five times (5x) thicker than traditional spiral wound wire.
The new heavy gauge metal wire is formed with a functional edge that simulates the serration profile of a grooved
metal gasket. The heavy wire is wound like a spiral wound, incorporating filler material, and is held together via an
optimized laser welding process. Then it is finished with layers of facing similar to a kammprofile.

Change™ Gasket Cross Section

 Wound like a spiral, faced like a kammprofile
 Five times (5x) thicker metal spiral compared to standard spiral wound
 Heavy gauge winding wire simulates kammprofile serration

Standard Spiral Wound Gasket Cross Section

 For comparison of thicker gauge wire used with Change™

Change™ Laser Welded Construction

 High penetration welding
 Higher unit adhesion
 Pin point accuracy

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KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS
Spiral Wound Change™
Features & Benefits Kammprofile Gasket
Gasket Gasket
Blowout Resistant

Excellent Tightness

Good Handle Ability

Low Seating Stress

Excellent Recovery

Cyclic Conditions

Flexibility Sealing Pipe Flanges

Low Emissions

Use on Nubbin, when centred

Potential to Reduce Complexity by
Eliminating Spring Washers
Potential to Reduce Hours
Required for Re-Torque
Potential to Improve Safety by
Eliminating Hot Torquing

TESTING & CERTIFICATIONS

 TA Luft Clean Air Act Pass – leakage levels obtained with Change™ are tighter than VDI2440 requirements.
 Independent Radial Shear Testing (RAST) Pass – after 100 thermal cycles Change™ did not show gross
leakage and resulted in an average bolt relaxation of 15%, which is indicative of the highest performing
product group.
 API 6FB Fire Safety Test Pass – carried out at an external organisation and designed to represent service in
a fire, Change™ held full pressure with zero pressure loss.
 European Standards (EN13555) Testing Pass – protocol has indicated tightness levels in excess of 10E -05
mg/m/s for a gasket stress of 20kpsi.

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 SUPERIOR COMPRESSION & RECOVERY
The high level of stored energy gives the Change™ gasket extremely high recovery. In a compression test against
other gaskets, the Change™ gasket recovered almost five times (5x) better than Kammprofile and DJ gaskets.

% Recovery
Gasket Style % Compression % Recovery As a Function of
Initial Thickness
Change™ 30 34 10.2
CGI, 316L 30 26 7.8
DJ 26 7 1.8
Kammprofile 25 6 1.5
At 18,000 psi (124 MPa) Gasket Stress

MATERIALS & DIMENSIONS

304, 316L, 321, 347, Inconel 625, Inconel X750, Monel 400,
Winding
Alloy 20, Hastelloy 625, & Carbon Steel
Materials Filler & Facing Corriculite™, Thermiculite®, PTFE, & Flexible Graphite
304, 316L, 321, 347, Inconel 625, Inconel X750, Monel 400,
Inner & Outer Ring
Alloy 20, Hastelloy 625, & Carbon Steel
Minimum 1”
Diameter
Maximum 150”
Minimum 0.125”
Wire Thickness
Maximum 0.177”
Minimum 3/8”
Radial Width
Maximum 1”
Round
Shapes Oval (up to 24” diameter)
Oblong (up to 24” diameter)
For any questions, please contact Engineering at technical@flexitallic.ca or click and chat 24/7 online.

GASKET CONSTANTS
ASME m 2.5
ASME Y 6,400 psi
PVRC Gb* 1,124 psi
PVRC a* 0.25
PVRC Gs* 16 psi
* 304/FG

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 THERMAL CYCLE TEST EXCELLENCE
We put the Change™ gasket to the test in a refinery specific assembly that
simulates the potential temperature excursions of a moderately efficient
refinery between major outages (approximately every 4 years) with no
bolted joint re-torque. This is an environmental stress test to evaluate
product reliability using thermal fatigue.

The Test
The test includes 24 thermal cycles to compare performances of commonly
used semi-metallic gaskets. All gaskets used are 4” Class 300 raised face
gaskets with B16 studs. Once the assembly is set up it is then:

1. Purged and heated to 320°C (608°F) at a rate of 2°C (3.6°F)/minute

2. Pressurized with nitrogen to 33 bar (478 psi)
3. Isolated and left at temperature for 1 hour. Then pressure recorded.
4. Allowed to cool to room temperature. Repeat for each cycle.

Each thermal cycle takes approximately 24 hours to complete and is run without stopping until completion of the
cycles. Maximum allowable pressure drop after 24 cycles is 1 bar (14.5 psi)

Results
The Change™ gasket lost only 0.1 bar (1.5 psi) total. It outperformed every other gasket tested by at least 9 cycles.
And there’s no telling how long it would have kept going if we hadn’t stopped the test.

Thermal Cycle Test Pressure vs Cycle

33.5

33

32.5
Pressure (bar)

32

31.5

31

30.5
0 5 10 15 20 25
Cycle Number

Change Kammprofile Spiral Wound CMGG Double Jacket Limit (1 bar loss)

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 SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS
Fertilizer Industry
 Superheater Exchanger
 Change™ gaskets installed October 2013 and “have withstood” 15 thermal cycles from ambient to 462°C
(865°F) during the first 9 months of service
 Per Operations, they are “still performing well and remain in service”
 No re-torquing or hot torquing has been required
 NOx Gas & Steam
 Continuous Operating Conditions: 462°C (865°F), 1.04 MPa (150 psi)
 36" (914.4mm) diameter, 304 SS wire, Thermiculite®
 Replaced Double Jacketed style that failed after 3 cycles

Refining
 Application cycles from ambient to 379°C (715°F)
 Typically experience 28 thermal cycles between major outages requiring several gasket replacements
 Change™ gasket in service since April 2013 with no issues to date and has already out-performed all
previously attempted gaskets
 63" (1600mm) diameter, 3.52 MPa (510 psi)

Chemical Processing

 Molten Sodium
 Operating Conditions: 0.104 MPa (15 psi), 182°C (360°F) with short term cycling to 815°C (1500°F)
 Flexible graphite tanged sheet caused a fire
 Change™ gasket safely and effectively sealing several WNRF to Lap Joint NPS flanged connections since
November 2013

Manway Flange

 Converted Manway to Change™ gasket

 101” (2565mm) diameter, ≤ 343°C (650°F), 70 psig, hydrocarbon service
 Improved performance and handling on larger diameter gaskets
 Replacing CG spiral wound gasket

Steam Piping System

 Change™ gasket sealing all steam piping and headers since February 2013 in this Pulp & Paper Mill 427°C
(800°F), 0.62 MPa - 1.48 MPa (90psi - 215psi)
 Replaced standard spiral wound gaskets

Sealing over Nubbin

 Double Jacketed (DJ) gasket continuously leaked in this exchanger sealing Steam at 343°C (650°F), 2.24
MPa (325 psi)
 Change™ gasket dimensioned to centre and seal over existing nubbin
 Per the refinery’s Senior Maintenance Engineer, it has been “working without leaks” since July 2013

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 GIVE US YOUR TOUGHEST APPLICATION

CHANGE™ SUMMARY
 Superior compression and recovery
 Thermal cycle test excellence
 Low emission
 Robust and versatile design
 Fire-safe (API 6FB)
 Provides higher sealing loads
 More rigid and easier to handle in large sizes
 Low seating stress
 Low creep
 TA LUFT approved (in accordance with VDI Guideline 2440)
 Can be used with ASME B16.5 RF Flanges

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 LOCAL BRANCHES

EDMONTON Head Office & Manufacturing CALGARY Projects, Sales & Warehouse
4340 - 78 Avenue | Edmonton, Alberta, T6B 3J5 #104, 4550 - 25 Street SE | Calgary, Alberta, T2B 3P1
Phone (24 Hrs): (780) 466-5050 | Fax: (780) 465-1177 Phone: (403) 236-7400 | Fax: (403) 236-7730

SARNIA Manufacturing GRANDE PRAIRIE Sales & Warehouse

100 Duff Drive | Sarnia, Ontario, N7W 1A7 8439 - 111A Street | Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 5L4
Phone: (519) 332-8300 | Fax: (519) 332-8303 Phone: (780) 538-2073 | Fax: (780) 539-4144

RED DEER Sales & Warehouse

#6, 7703 Edgar Industrial Drive | Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 3R2
Phone: (403) 343-7085 | Fax: (403) 343-7574

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