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TorrLid® 297

A highly specialised compression packing used for crucible lid seals at higher temperatures.

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
  • Crucible lids

TorrLid 297 is a highly specialised product that features a resilient, hollow-centred elastomeric core that resists higher temperatures than the ethylene-propylene used in TorrLid 162B. The core is over-braided with a jacket of filament glass yarns, and the exterior surface is then coated with a proprietary graphite dispersion.

  • Developed as a higher temperature vacuum seal for the lids of crucibles as used in specific aluminium smelting plants
  • Readily withstands the temperatures and compressive forces involved
  • Withstands repeated opening/closing cycles

This well-proven product is used as a vacuum lid seal for crucibles containing liquid / smelted aluminium. It is particularly popular with aluminium plants in the southern hemisphere.

  • Static duties with crucible lids
  • Maximum working temperature: Suitable for holding a vacuum over liquid / smelted aluminium in crucibles, please contact us for further advice
  • Pressure range: from partial vacuum up to 0.9 MPa/9 bar (131 psi)

Manufactured to order, in a wide variety of sections and lengths, to meet customer specific requirements.

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Static lid sealing fitting guide

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TorrLid 297 datasheet

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Compression packing guide

Our constant advances in materials and lubricants, product design and manufacturing techniques, keep us at the forefront of compression packing technology. We therefore bring you one of the widest ranges of packings to match the temperatures, pressures and speeds of your most modern fluid handling systems, and economical packings for your older plant.

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