Energy

American Seal & Engineering Co., Inc.

The Energy Industry

Reliability Keeps the Industry Drilling

The world runs on energy and therefore the need for oil and natural
gas is more acute than in almost any time in our history. This is why it is
critically important to keep exploring for new sources of energy with
drilling equipment that can tolerate extreme environmental conditions
like those experienced in the depths of the world’s oceans. American Seal
& Engineering Co., Inc., provides the Energy industry with the reliability
needed to tap those new sources of oil and gas.
Experience and Knowledge understands the costs involved in such solutions to the Energy industry that
repairs and we work to prevent such meet the critical technical and commer-
American Seal & Engineering has
failures through our devotion to engi- cial criteria outlined by our customers.
focused on resilient metallic seals,
sealing systems and sealing technology neering and lean manufacturing.
since 1971. It is this commitment to
our core products that ensures that we Partnerships with Our Customers Examples of Energy
can deliver sealing products that meet Our commitment to reliability is driven Applications that Use
Ameriseal Products
critical industry standards that are by our devotion to engineering. We
essential to keeping our customers in do not offer off-the-shelf solutions or Power Generation
the Energy industry competitive. a “one product fits all” approach to our • Pressure vessel cover sealing
customers; we offer custom-designed • Pressure vessel connection joint sealing
• Turbine multi stage seals
Commitment to Reliability sealing components and sealing
• Turbine blade lock seals
Reliability is the most important systems that are specific to our • Turbine environmental & biological
customers’ application and design control seals
aspect of a sealing system. We know,
• Valves, pumps and couplings
for instance, that the failure of an envelope. We work closely with our
Ameriseal product on drilling or customers’ engineering teams at our Land-Based and Off-Shore Oil Exploration

support equipment can create the
need to shutdown the rig for repair
at a considerable expense to our
customer. American Seal & Engineering
Please contact our Sales Department at 800.878.2442 or
s
site and/or at their research center
or manufacturing facility from project
inception through completion. Our
commitment is to provide sealing
• Drill rig seals
• Drill pipe and collar assemblies
• Centrifuge spin assembly seals
• Threaded and Thread less Connector
assemblies
• High pressure quick disconnect couplings
• Telescoping joint assemblies
• Directional drill positioning devices

• Sea-floor Christmas three assemblies

sales@ameriseal.com to discover how American Seal &
• Injection well assemblies
Engineering can support your company’s sealing challenges.
www.ameriseal.com
 Energy
Types of ASE Seals Used by the Energy Industry
Custom-Designed Ameriseal™ Seals
Custom-Designed Ameriseal Seals are specifically
engineered to fit customers’ envelopes, enabling
them to perform efficiently, effectively and reliably.
Ameriseal™ Spring Energized Seals
Ameriseal Spring Energized high-performance
seals have a temperature range from cryogenic to
2000˚F from 1x10-10 Torr vacuum to 100,000 PSI.
These 100,000 PSI pressure seals are normally not
affected by corrosion, radiation or other adverse
environmental conditions, provided the seal
material is compatible with the medium. It is a
self and pressure activated design. When the seal
Ameriseal™ C-Seals
Ameriseal C-Seals help overcome both heat and
pressure pulsating sealing problems. Key to the
seal’s performance is the high spring back charac-
teristic due to the C-shaped construction. These
highly resilient seals can be used for internal, exter-
nal and axial pressures under extreme conditions
that preclude the use of gaskets made of organic
Ameriseal™ Combustion Seals
Ameriseal Combustion Seals are high performance
resilient metallic seals developed for use as the
primary sealing element on internal combustion
engines. With over 0.002” useful spring back and
tolerant to head dynamics of up to 0.00015”, these
seals are well suited for diesel and other high
performance gasoline engine applications. The
jacket is fabricated with a unique forming process
using Inconel as the base material. The specially
Ameriseal™ O-Seals
Ameriseal O-Seals are used when elastomers and
other non-metallic seals will not seal properly
or do not offer the required reliability for the applica-
tion, usually as a result of temperatures, pressures,
or radiation. Ameriseal O-Seals are long lasting seals
American Seal & Engineering Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 1038, 295 Indian River Road, Orange, CT 06477 USA
800.878.2442 | sales@ameriseal.com | www.ameriseal.com
Working with customers, ASE engineers design
these seals to also help the Energy industry meet
its goals.
is compressed to a predetermined deflection,
sealing stresses are generated by the resilient
jacket and spring. Additional seal energization is
achieved when system pressure is introduced,
increasing seal loading. Unless otherwise
engineered, the system pressure is applied
to the open side of the seal.
materials. This uniquely fabricated seal configura-
tion is capable of producing relatively high levels
of spring back. The compression of the seal in a
controlled groove or between two radial interfaces
produces a counter load, generating an effective
sealing action that is ideal for these special
applications.
designed jacket and helically wound spring provides
a fatigue resistant gasket to meet the operating
limits of temperature, pressure and deflection
associated with combustion engine applications.
In the design of this unique gasket our primary
goal was high performance, reliability and product
integrity. Our design engineers applied the same
principals used in many aerospace sealing applica-
tions into the design of our Combustion Seals.
and unlike non-metallic seals, they are not subject
to failure due to incompatibility with the environ-
ment, out gassing or from deterioration due to age.