Garlock’s re-launched BLUE-GARD® Style 3000 gasketing material now
has WRc approval for use in water industry applications. Value engineering,
following a review of its manufacturing process, allows Garlock
to competitively price the material and increase its cost effectiveness.
BLUE-GARD® is a general purpose, asbestos-free, gasketing sheet
manufactured from a blend of aramid fibres and elastomeric binders.
The material allows good recovery rates ensuring high levels of
torque retention. High efficiency sealing – Nitrogen gas 0.6 ml/hr
– makes BLUE-GARD® ideal for gas and steam where joint integrity
is essential.
Used for many years in the nuclear industry for site services
steam, the well proven gasketing material now meets all the requirements
of BS7531 Grade Y allowing a maximum temperature of 370 degree
C and a maximum pressure of 70 bar.
The newly awarded Water Industries WRc approval to BS6290 will
see BLUE-GARD® appearing in the industries’ ‘Water Fittings and
Materials Directory’.
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