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Pyro-Tex Joint Sealants

Slade's self-forming gasket, the Pyro-Tex Joint Sealant, is made from patented graphite-foil encapsulated carbon-fiber reinforced yarns (also available with stainless-steel foil yarns). This self-forming gasket when in place is compressed to fit snugly. Available in 25 and 50 foot spools in various configurations, shapes, and thicknesses.

• Change gasket without pulling tube bundles
• Adhesive bonds in place during installation
• Self forms into endless gasket
• Made to virtually any thickness or width
• Never hardens or dries out
• Metallic reinforcement impedes extrusion
• Readjustable, often re-usable
• Individual strands reinforced with:
  carbon fiber, 304 SS, or Inconel foil
• Packaged on plastic spools
• Inventory just one or two sizes
• Eliminates the need to remove heat exchanger tubes from the shell

• Performs better than:
  • Double jacketed metal gaskets
  • Spiral wound gaskets
  • Corrugated metal gaskets
• More reliable than PTFE joint sealants
• Eliminates large inventories
• Easier to Handle
• Stops damage from rough handling
• Doesn’t kink out of shape
• Adjusts to warped flanges
• Fills pits and scratches up to 1/8″ deep

Pressures

• Stainless & Inconel versions, 4500psi
• Carbon fiber version, low pressure services only

Temperatures

• for temperatures over 1000°F/540°C, consult the factory

Chemical compatibility:

• Consult Factory

Pyro-Tex Joint Sealant HP

Pyro-Tex HP (high-pressure) Joint Sealant is made from the same patented stainless-steel foil yarns as our sheet (also available with carbon fiber reinforcement). Available in 25 and 50 foot spools in various configurations, shapes, and thicknesses.

• Change gasket without pulling tube bundles
• Adhesive bonds in place during installation
• Self forms into endless gasket
• Made to virtually any thickness or width
• Never hardens or dries out
• Metallic reinforcement impedes extrusion
• Readjustable, often re-usable
• Individual strands reinforced with:
  304 SS or Inconel foil
• Packaged on plastic spools
• Inventory just one or two sizes
• Eliminates the need to remove heat exchanger tubes from the shell

• Performs better than:
  • Double jacketed metal gaskets
  • Spiral wound gaskets
  • Corrugated metal gaskets
• More reliable than TFE joint sealants
• Eliminates large inventories
• Easier to Handle
• Stops damage from rough handling
• Doesn’t kink out of shape
• Adjusts to warped flanges
• Fills pits and scratches up to 1/8″ deep

Pressures

• Stainless & Inconel versions 4500psi

Temperatures

• (for temperatures over 1000°F/540°C, consult the factory)

Chemical compatibility:

• Consult Factory