Grafseal Universal Adhesive Gasket Tape
GRAFSEAL gasket tape, an all graphite product, is self adhesive. It has extremely good elasticity, compressibility and can form a perfect seal even at elevated temperatures and pressures generally encountered in the industry. It is an acknowledged fact that GRAFSEAL adhesive tape has universal applications since maintenance personnel can fabricate gasket on flanges in the site itself of the required size and shape. The inventory is brought down to a few rolls of GRAFSEAL adhesive tape of different widths which will take care of the most of the gasket requirements of the entire plant.
At high temperatures, the adhesive backing carbonizes and becomes an integral part of the gasket itself.

Before using these tapes the following points may be observed:

• The flange surface should be thoroughly cleaned to remove rust, foreign particles, grease or oil.
• Thereafter, peel of the paper backing six to eight inches and start laying tape on the flange and press against it. When the tape reaches the starting point, lap the tape not more than 2 mm and cut with a sharp knife.
• For additional thickness when the starting point is reached, do not cut the tape but roll out the flutes in the already formed gasket with a smooth roller and repeat step 2 above. It is important that the top layer is positioned EXACTLY above the first layer already formed.

Service:
The service conditions are the same as detailed for other GRAFSEAL products.