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Hydrogen: Push Towards the Generation of Green H2

The desire to move to sustainable energy sources and reduce carbon emissions is growing exponentially. Low-cost renewable energy sources (e.g., solar, wind, hydro) are being developed and deployed worldwide.

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Hydrogen Production: The Challenges and Practical Applications

As the world shifts its focus to decarbonization initiatives, research shows responsible leaders will pour more technology and infrastructure into the hydrogen production economy to provide clean, carbon-free energy storage.

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Non-Contacting Lift-Off Seal


Non-Contacting Lift-Off Seal

An Aerospace Spin on Non-contacting Seal Technology

Non-Contacting Sealing Technology Reduces Wear, Heat, Increases Life Expectancy
Design features in the face of the mating ring force fluid (air, gas) into a converging gap in the sealing face. As the pressure builds, the faces separate.

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How a Metal Seal Works


How a Metal Seal Works

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HELICOFLEX® Spring Energized Seal

HELICOFLEX® Resilient Metal Seal


HELICOFLEX® Resilient Metal Seal


The HELICOFLEX® seal is a high performance, flexible metal seal that has exceptional compression and elastic recovery properties. This seal is composed of a close wound helical spring surrounded by one or more metal jackets. The spring is designed to have a specific compression resistance. During compression, the resulting specific pressure forces the jacket to yield and fill the flange imperfections while ensuring positive contact with the flange sealing faces. Each coil of the helical spring acts independently and allows the seal to conform to surface irregularities on the flange surface.

HELICOFLEX® design flexibility allows Technetics engineers to customize the seal characteristics to match each unique application.




Features & Benefits


  • Highest sealing level performance on the market, depending on the sealing load, the surface finish, and the surface treatment
  • Excellent corrosion resistance
  • Wide range of materials: from standard to specific and/or rare
  • Special materials on demand for coatings: wide range of materials available, from standard to specific and/or rare (see details below in “Specifications” section)
  • Extended lifetime and more
  • Excellent radiation resistance
  • Compatible with NACE MR 0175
  • Ø 4 to 8000 mm
  • Ø 1,5 to 40 mm cross-section
  • Adaptable to all types of sealing surfaces (triple faces, radial, shaped, and more)
  • Adaptable to all standards flanges (PNEUROP, ANSI, ISO, and more)




Product Applications


  • Nuclear: reactor pressure vessels, control rods, primary pumps, pressurizers, spent fuel casks, transportation casks
  • Hydrogen: Solid oxide fuel cells, High-temperature electrolysis, High-temperature water stream electrolysis, Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
  • Life sciences: imaging & scanning systems
  • Semiconductor chamber, exhaust and other applications in PVD/CVD/etch and lithography processes
  • Automotive: engine, exhaust gas
  • Oil and gas: hydraulics, subsea couplings, subsea Christmas trees, subsea compressors, electronic submersible pumps, flow meters
  • Valves: body/bonnet sealing, seat sealing
  • Ultra-high vacuum: accelerators & fusion research
  • Gas/chemical delivery systems


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Specifications



  • Temperature
  • from -272˚ up to 800˚C
    (from -457˚F to 1472˚F)
  • Pressure
  • from 10-10 mbar up to 3000 bar
    (from 1E-12 psi to 43.511 psi)
  • Leak rate
  • Sealing level from bubble tightness down to 10-12 Pa.m3.s-1
  • Sealing Lining
  • Aluminum – Gold- Silver – Pure Iron – Copper – Brass – Soft Steel – Nickel – Monel – Tantalum – Stainless Steel (304L – 316L – 321 – 316Ti) – Zirconium – Inconel (600 – 625 – 718 – 750) – Hastelloy – Titanium – Tin
  • Coating
  • Gold – Silver – Nickel
  • Spring
  • Nimonic 90 – Alloy 718 – Alloy 750 -SS – XC80


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HELICOFLEX® TEXEAL® Texturised Seal


HELICOFLEX® TEXEAL® Texturised Seal


Increase the overall sealing performance of your installations with TEXEAL®, the new patented texturing process, applied to HELICOFLEX®, which is already the resilient metal seal standard for high-performance sealing. HELICOFLEX® TEXEAL® can help reduce operating costs during maintenance. It is a material innovation developed from decades of established sealing expertise.


Features & Benefits


• Optimize overall cost of assembly during design phase
• Reduce overall operating cost
• MTBF (mean time before failure) increase
• LCC (life cycle cost) decrease
• Optimize sealing performance without increasing of the
tightening force (up to 10-12 Pa.m3.s-1)
• Lower stress on the assembly with the same tightness level
• Maintain sealing performance during thermal cycles
• Adaptable to a wide range of assembly dimensions
• Adaptable to groove sealing surfaces
• Large selection of materials
• Corrosion resistant




Product Applications


• Nuclear Power Generation: reactor pressure vessels closure head, control rod mechanisms (CRDM), reactor coolant pumps (RCP), pressurizers, steam generators, spent fuel casks
• New energies: molten salt & solar plants, SMR
• Semiconductors: chamber, exhaust and other applications in PVD/CVD/etch and lithography processes
• Valves: body/bonnet sealing, seat sealing


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ORIGRAF® Graphite Seals

ORIGRAF® Graphite Seals


ORIGRAF® Graphite Seals


The ORIGRAF® seal provides a lasting high-performance sealing solution for all industries. It can be specifically designed for extreme thermal & pressure cycles ensuring higher safety in operation while optimizing total cost of ownership.

Unlike flexible graphite cut gaskets, the compression of the ORIGRAF® die-formed seal is limited by a mechanical stop: groove or inner and/or outer ring. In the case of assemblies subject to extreme pressure and/or temperature this design prevents excessive seating stress on the seal during transients.

This reliable and sustainable solution allows the optimization of overall operating costs, increasing the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF).




Features & Benefits


  • Excellent elastic recovery, capable of reaching 40% of compression recovery (spring back effect)
  • Graphite spring-back effect serves the sealing function
  • Adaptability to extreme thermal and pressure changes
  • Chemical inertness: withstands most chemicals (mineral acids and solvents)
  • Natural lubrication of the graphite: excellent resistance to radial movements of the flanges
  • Can be adapted to damaged flanges
  • Flexible graphite does not stick to the contact surfaces: can be easily removed
  • Low creep and relaxation
  • Withstand differential radial motion



Product Applications


ORIGRAF® seals are mainly used in applications servicing the following industries:

  • Nuclear
  • Chemical
  • Petrochemical
  • Aerospace
  • Oil & Gas

The range of applications can be extensive, including:

  • Steam equipment
  • Heat exchangers/heaters
  • Piping connection flanges
  • Corrosive circuit
  • Critical flange applications
  • Boilers manways
  • Fire safe requirements
  • Alkylation units


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HELICOFLEX® Spring Energized Seal

HELICOFLEX® Spring-Energized Metal Seals


HELICOFLEX® Spring-Energized Metal Seals