by bitboyz | Nov 21, 2017 | Fall 2017, Feature Article
Industrial Valve Sales and Service of Mobile, Alabama does valve repairs for a host of power generation, refining, and pulp and paper plant facilities. During the week of Thanksgiving, they were doing routine maintenance during a plant outage at South Mississippi...
by bitboyz | Nov 9, 2017 | Fall 2017, Feature Article
Engineering makes EGC the premier manufacturer of Thermafoil® flexible graphite pressure seals. Our VSG seals are designed for your specific application, superior to conventional metal seals and can ship in 48 hours or less. Just provide the dimensional data from your...
by bitboyz | Nov 6, 2017 | Fall 2017, Feature Article
How do you know the VSG high-density graphite pressure seal will never leak, save tons of man-hours and can be delivered in 48 hours or less? You have to go back to the early 1990’s with a nuclear public electric power utility called Arizona Public Service (APS). One...
by bitboyz | Oct 30, 2017 | Fall 2017, Feature Article
When Rob Garlock, our lead pressure seal design engineer, looked at the valve print he couldn’t believe his eyes. This wasn’t anything close to a typical pressure seal, which usually measures somewhere between 4 to 24 inches. This pressure seal was 45 inches in...
by bitboyz | Oct 23, 2017 | Fall 2017, Feature Article
Installation of a VSG high-density graphite pressure seal is SO easy because it’s compressible and conformable. So, it can work in oversize, out-of-round, steam cut and pitted bonnet cavities. And, there’s hardly ever a need for welding, grinding or re-machining....
by bitboyz | Oct 16, 2017 | Fall 2017, Feature Article
Yes, a VSG graphite pressure seal is a retrofit for any metal seal. Yes, it’s conformable and compressible and handles thermal cycles time after time. Yes, it can be delivered to your door in no more than 48 hours. BUT, do you know how easy it is to remove from the...
