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 45 businesses
 $1.2B annual sales

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 326 employees
 5 Production factories, 2 Field Offices

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 PGE
 LineBacker
 VCS
 VCFS (VCS Fire Safe)
 VCSID

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•Quad-Ring Type - utilizes a “quad-ring”
(rectangular O-ring) in combination with
a unique groove design

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• Glass-Reinforced Epoxy Laminated to a 316
Stainless Steel Core For High Structural
Integrity

• Suitable for use up to ASME 2500 Class or

API 15K

• Low Required Seating Stress

• Mitigates Flange Face Corrosion

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• Compressive Strength of NEMA Grade G-10
Composite Material is 65,000 psi (G-11 =
50,000 psi)

• NEMA Grade G-10 and G-11 is Suitable for

Service Temperatures up to 150º C and
200ºC

• Conforms to ASME B16.5, B16.47, API 6A

• NACE MR-0-175 Approved Materials

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• Separating dissimilar metals in critical, high-
pressure applications to eliminate galvanic
corrosion

• Replacing monolithic joints and phenolic

insulating gaskets for cathodic
protection/electrical flange isolation

• Replacing RTJ gaskets to eliminate flange face

corrosion (CO2/H2S) and flow-induced erosion
(i.e. entrained sand)
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• Eliminates localized corrosion in RTJ flanges
caused by fluid trap and flow induced
erosion/corrosion

• Suitable for sour (high CO2 & H2S, produced salt

water, sea water injection) environments

• Can be used very effectively in coated flanges and

GRE (fiberglass) flanges

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• Many times stronger than traditional flange
isolation gaskets

• 100% reliability in all pressure classes

including ANSI 2500 and API 10K

• For use in cathodic protection and separation

of dissimilar metals

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How the VCS Gasket Works
Raised Face Flange
Teflon Seal Jacket
P Flange Interface
R
E Epoxy Seal Retainer
S
S Dovetail-shaped Seal Grooves Stainless Steel Core
U
R
E Flange Interface
Spring Energizer
Under operating conditions, the internal pressure migrates through
the laminated structure of the epoxy seal retainer until the seals are
reached which are seated in the metal core of the dovetail-shaped grooves
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 How the Primary (PTFE) Seal Works
Dovetail-shaped groove
concentrates force into SS core

P Stainless Steel Core

R Teflon Seal Jacket
E
S
S Epoxy Seal Retainer
U
R
E
Flange Interface Spring Energizer

Areas of High Contact Pressure Impermeable Boundary Created by Teflon

Induced in Teflon Seal Ring Seal Ring, Stainless Steel Core and Flange
Face Compressed into Epoxy Seal Retainer
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BP
Shell International
ExxonMobil
Saudi Aramco
ChevronTexaco
ConocoPhillips
Statoil
TotalFinaElf
PDVSA
PEMEX
Petronas
many others...

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•Gasket

•Sleeves
•1 per stud

•Isolating washers
•2 per stud

•Back up washers
•2 per stud

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 Installation instruction
GPT Installation Instructions.pdf

 Visual inspection
GPT Visual Installation Instructions.pdf

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 Hydrostatic testing to 9,900 psi
and held for 60 minutes

 Less than 1% drop in pressure

(5% permitted in testing
procedure)

 No leaks detected

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Nitrogen testing to 6,600 psi and held for 30 minutes

Less than 1% drop in pressure

(5% permitted in testing procedure)

Pressure application repeated for a total of 10 pressure

cycles

No leaks detected

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• Composite Material is 65,000 psi (G-11 = 50,000 psi)

• NEMA Grade G-11 is Suitable for Service

Temperatures up to 200º C

• Conforms to ASME B16.5, B16.47 A&B, API 6A and

other industry flange specifications

• NACE MR-0-175 Approved Materials

• API 6FB Rated

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VCFS Components

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 How the VCFS Gasket Works
During Standard Operating Conditions
Raised Face Flange Under Compression
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R
E
S
S
U
R
E

Under standard operating conditions, just like the VCS, the internal pressure
migrates through the laminated structure of the epoxy seal retainer until the seals
are reached which are seated in the metal core of the dovetail-shaped grooves 24
 How the VCFS Gasket Works
During Fire
Raised Face Flange Under Compression
PTFE Seals Fail During Fire

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R
E
S
S
U
R
E

Under fire conditions, the PTFE seals and the GRE fails, the internal pressure migrates
between the laminated structure of the epoxy seal retainer until the E-Rings are
reached.
How the E-Ring and Back-Up Seals Works
Carbon Steel Compression
Limiter To Maintain Bolt Load

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R
E
S
S
Epoxy Seal Retainer
U
R
E
Stainless Steel Core
Flange Interface
Energized E-Ring

Impermeable Boundary Created by Teflon Coated E-Ring, Stainless Steel Core,

and Flange Face Compressed into Carbon Steel BU Ring
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• 30 minute burn at hydro test pressure of
75% of operating pressure.
• Average flame temp must reach 1400°F in

first 2 minutes (Thermocouples equally

spaced on flange)
• Average flange temp must reach 1200°F

with in 15 minutes (3 Calorimeter block)

• 90 minute air cool down followed by a

depressurization and 5 minutes

repressurization.
•Allowable leak rate per cycle of:  

AL = SD * π
Where: AL = Allowable Leak
SD = Seal Diameter

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•Improved Chemical
Resistance
•Increased electrical
isolation in
conductive medias

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INSULATING SLEEVE

INSULATING WASHER

METAL WASHER

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 Hardened Coated
Steel (HCS)

 Replaces Glass Reinforced Epoxy Isolation

Washers

 Not susceptible to breakage due to point loading

or over torque
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A flange-to-flange measurement being taken
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