Gaskets and Seals by Slade Inc.

• Pyro-Tex Woven Gasket

• Pyro-Tex Joint Sealant

• Pyro-Tex Joint Sealant HP

Pyro-Tex Woven Gasket Sheet

A resilient, compressed sheet…that works!

Ready to be cut for use in severe conditions.

Services:

• High temperatures       (up to 1800 deg F/1000 deg C)

• High pressures          (up to 4500 psi/310 bar)

• High equipment wear   (scratches/pores)

Reinforced with Flat Metal Leaf Springs (a) of stainless steel, encapsulated in a thick vermiculated graphite foil jacket (b). These metal reinforced graphite strands, Slade’s weaving yarns, are woven into a tough, resilient cloth-like sheet (c).

The flat metal leaf springs at the core of each strand crisscross each other throughout the cloth to impart an enduring resiliency.

The woven sheets are compressed to increase density to form a leak tight gasket sheet.

Advantages

• Flat metallic leaf springs, jacketed with graphite foil, make this 80” x 80” sheet the most resilient gasket you will need. 

• It takes physical abuse like no other graphite foil, handling and feeling like tough leather.

• The metallic spring strands are woven across one another to actuate the gasket through each thermal cycle continually adjusting to expansion and contraction that leaves other compressed gasketing lifeless (d).

• Pyro-Tex gasket sheet replaces spiral wound gaskets, removingthe spiral leak pathand eliminating the need for a compressing ring to prevent crushing.

• Pyro-Tex gasket sheet puts flanges back in compliance by filling scratches, pores, and steam cutswith flexible graphite.

• Each sheet is packed in heavy-duty tubes to eliminate shipping palettesand enable easy storage and handling.

Gasket Types

• Ring and Full Face

• Manhole and Handhole

• Diesel Exhaust Flange

• Manifold

• Combustion Engine Head  

• Turbine Crossover

• Pressure Vessel

• Heat Exchanger

• Nuclear Service

Gasket Standard Sizes:             Gasket Special Sizes:  
80” x 80”                                     60” x 60”
3/32” (nominal)                            80” x any length

Pyro-Tex Joint Sealant

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 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

• Carbon fiber version 3500 psi

Temperatures

• Stainless Steel version: 1400°F

• Inconel Steel version: 1800°F

• Carbon fiber version: 1800°F

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

• Carbon fiber version 3500 psi

Temperatures

• Stainless Steel version: 1400°F

• Inconel Steel version: 1800°F

• Carbon fiber version: 1800°F

Chemical compatibility:

•  Consult Factory