Metal E-Seals (E-Rings) are used to seal critical applications with extreme temperature and extreme pressure. With low load, high resilience, they excel as flange/casing seals, adapting to pressure and thermal expansion.
Parker’s Metal E-Seals (E-Rings) are designed for high-temperature applications where the sealing gap enlarges due to operating pressure and thermal influences. In aircraft, such operating conditions occur especially in turbines. Metal E-Seals in aerospace applications are used as casing seals in high-temperature areas between the casings of the compressor, combustion chamber and turbine. These sealing areas pose special challenges in terms of high temperatures, high pressure and flange separation of the mating hardware.
Parker’s portfolio includes Metal E-Seals for internal and external pressures and a wide range of available sealing cross sections for challenging applications. Metal E-Seals are made of nickel alloys for temperatures of up to 1450 °F and exhibit high elastic recovery. For applications involving greater relative motion of the flanges, Metal E-Seals can be plated with TriCom® or TriComHT™ for wear protection of the flanges and seal.
For applications involving the risk of damage during installation, the seals may be manufactured as pre-compressed versions that are retained in this condition by means of an adhesive. In the application, the adhesive dissolves and the seal opens. The adhesive turns into a fine powder.
- High elastic recovery
- Large number of custom cross sections available
- Available in a wide range of diameters as full hoops; larger diameters are produced as split seals
- Chamfered surface contact area protects mating surface
- Available in diverse high-strength/high-temperature-resistant nickel and cobalt alloys
- Available with HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Flame) wear-protection coating
- Available with electroplated wear protection
- Specially sized E-rings are designed to fit all AS1895 (dash number -100 to -750) flanges
Metal E-Seal (E-Ring) Applications
- Aerospace Applications
- Diverse high-temperature applications, especially in aircraft turbines
- General Industrial Applications:
- High-temperature pneumatic connections
- Gas turbines
- Flanges with very low compression forces
- Flanges with heavy flange movements
Metal E-Seal (E-Ring) Available Materials
Metal-E-rings are manufactured from unplated Alloy 718, solution annealed, and age-hardened in the standard configuration. Other high strength/higher temperature nickel alloys are available including Waspaloy and Rene 41
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Metal E-Seals (E-Rings) are used to seal critical applications with extreme temperature and extreme pressure.