by bitboyz | Mar 31, 2017 | Spring 2017
About 25 years ago, we engineered the first of many graphite pressure seals for nuclear service. The US Navy felt that the silver-coated metal seals they had been using were far too heavy. And, and the silver coating, which provided a secure seal on imperfect valve...
by bitboyz | Mar 23, 2017 | Spring 2017
A valve was over-pressurized in a west coast nuclear power plant. It led to an extreme condition called out-of-round in the pressure seal cavity. They called the manufacturer but there was no way to machine the cavity back to accepting a metal seal. And, it would...
by bitboyz | Mar 16, 2017 | Spring 2017
1. It’s the perfect replacement for any metal seal. Thermafoil® flexible graphite is the perfect direct-replacement for any metal pressure seal. With our proprietary process we engineer every VSG Pro, using valve body and bonnet component dimensions. So, the installer...
by bitboyz | Mar 9, 2017 | Spring 2017
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 | Mar 2, 2017 | Spring 2017
On March 2, EGC will be set-up and ready-to-go at the Valve Manufacturers Association and Valve Rebuilders Council Technical Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s an exhibit for companies like EGC that provide products and services to valve manufacturers and end users...
by bitboyz | Feb 23, 2017 | Spring 2017
The call came to EGC on Thursday, November 29 from Universal Plant Services (UPS), a project management, maintenance and repair service for the energy industry. They were doing maintenance at an oil re nery and couldn’t get a pressure seal for a Flowserve Edwards 14”,...
