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  2. Gasket - Wikipedia

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    Copper flange gaskets used for ultra-high vacuum systems. A flange gasket is a type of gasket made to fit between two sections of pipe that are flared to provide higher surface area. Flange gaskets come in a variety of sizes and are categorized by their inside diameter and their outside diameter. There are many standards in gasket for flanges ...

  3. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    Non-metallic gaskets are used with flat- or raised-face flanges. Spiral-wound gaskets are used with raised-face flanges, and ring-joint gaskets are used with ring-type joint (RTJ) flanges. Stress develops between an RTJ gasket and the flange groove when the gasket is bolted to a flange, leading to plastic deformation of the gasket. [4]

  4. Gasket (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A gasket (correct terminology is a "joint" made from "jointing material") is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two mating surfaces. Gasket may also refer to: Flange gasket, a type of gasket made to fit between two sections of pipe; Head gasket, a gasket used in internal combustion engines

  5. Oakum - Wikipedia

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    Oakum and tools for caulking Hemp Prisoners picking oakum at Coldbath Fields Prison in London. Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibers used to seal gaps. Its traditional application was in shipbuilding for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships. [1]

  6. Flange (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A flange is a ridge, a rib or rim. Flange may also refer to: Flanging, an audio effect; Flanging, part of the process of blocking a felt hat; Flange gasket, a type of gasket made to fit between two sections of pipe that are flared to provide higher surface area; Marman clamp, a flange connection used in aerospace plumbing

  7. Flange - Wikipedia

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    A flange is a protruded ridge, lip or rim, either external or internal, that serves to increase strength (as the flange of a steel beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam); for easy attachment/transfer of contact force with another object (as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera); or for stabilizing and guiding the movements of a machine or its ...

  8. Seal (mechanical) - Wikipedia

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    A type of washer with integral gasket, widely used to provide a seal at the entry point of a screw or bolt [2] [3] Bridgman seal, a piston sealing mechanism that creates a high pressure reservoir from a lower pressure source; Split seals [4] are innovative sealing solutions designed to enhance efficiency and convenience in various mechanical ...

  9. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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    In earlier days, birch bark was occasionally used as a flashing material. [7] Most flashing materials today are metal, plastic, rubber, or impregnated paper. [8]Metal flashing materials include lead, aluminium, copper, [1] stainless steel, zinc alloy, other architectural metals or a metal with a coating such as galvanized steel, lead-coated copper, anodized aluminium, terne-coated copper ...