Cada ganador es honrado por crear un producto especialmente útil para ingeniería de planta. Los premios son presentados en una cena formal durante la exposición Nacional de Plant Engineering y Management en Marzo.

El Material de empaque MULTI-SWELL crea realmente su propia carga cuando se pone en contacto con aceite ó agua, eliminando virtualement las causas más comúnes de falla en juntas (baja carga). Este nuevo material de sello revolucionario de alto desempeño tanto en agua como aceite además de no degradarse en contacto con aceite y se adapta fácilmente a todos los tipos de diseño de bridas, siendo MULTI-SWELL la junta ideal para un amplio rango de aplicaciones --

Otro Beneficio de las laminados para junta MULTI-SWELL de Garlock es su resistencia a la fractura debido a su alta resistencia a esfuerzos y puede ser instalado de manera segura en aplicaciones que típicamente rompen las juntas de elastómero. En aplicaciones como transmisiones y sistemas de aire acondicionado donde a menudo la vibración causa relajación en los tornillos generando pérdida de carga  propiciando fugas,  MULTI-SWELL es la solución al generar su propia carga previniendo la fuga. Debido a su desempeño el MULTI-SWELL puede ser utilizado en bridas de baja carga de compresión como los son las de  plástico y las de hierro colado.

Este Producto es la solución ideal para aquéllas industrias preocupadas por evitar derrames de aceite de sus equipos causando potencial de accidentes además de contaminación.

MULTI-SWELL puede ser adquirido con los Distribuidores autorizados Garlock en su pais para consultar  visite   www.garlock.com.mx y vaya a “Localizador de representantes”.

Hochdruck – which is German for “high-pressure” – gaskets cut more easily than other graphite sheet and eject from gasket cutting dies more easily. They’re also much safer: they resist being drawn out by the gasket cutting die, so they don’t cut user’s fingers and hands like standard stainless steel foil reinforced graphite gaskets.

Hochdruck’s bonding agent reduces leaks by 2.5 times compared to competitive gaskets: it increases the graphite-to-graphite strength ratio and greatly improves sealability. They seal reliably and easily under moderate bolt load – and maintain that tight seal even during pressure fluctuations.

Customers in the power and refining industries enjoy Hochdruck gaskets’ patented "Adhesive Free" technology, anti-scratch and anti-stick surface properties, and extremely high compressive strength. There’s even a reduced sulfur version designed specifically for nuclear requirements to minimize stress corrosion cracking issues.

Hochdruck gaskets deliver excellent resistance – they work very well in extreme conditions, withstanding heat, pressure, and aggressive chemicals. They retain their dimensional stability in high temperatures; they’re also proven fire-safe.

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The newly formed company, named Garlock Valqua Japan, Inc., will market high performance metal seals to research, automobile, semiconductor, nuclear and energy industries located in Asia. The seals will be manufactured by Garlock in South Carolina and France.

"The market for high performance metal seals is growing rapidly in Asia," said Paul Baldetti, president, Garlock Sealing Technologies. "This partnership with Valqua links the strength of our products with their well established sales and support infrastructure to create a strong and effective competitor in the region."

The new company will be headquartered in Tokyo and is expected to begin operations on Oct. 1, 2006. Since 2003, Garlock and Valqua have participated in a strategic alliance for reciprocal product supply, optimization of manufacturing and sourcing, and collaboration in new product development.

Garlock Sealing Technologies, an EnPro Industries company, designs, manufactures and sells fluid sealing products worldwide. A recognized industry leader, Garlock advances fluid sealing technology by delivering innovative solutions and services for process industries' most demanding applications. The company has 13 global operations with 1,500 employees and distributes its products in more than 75 countries. For more information on Garlock products and services, visit www.garlock.com.

EnPro Industries, Inc. is a leader in sealing products and filament wound bearings, compressor systems, diesel and dual-fuel engines and other engineered products for use in critical applications by industries worldwide. For more information about EnPro, visit the company's website at www.enproindustries.com.

Contact John Mosko, VP Global Marketing, for more information at john.mosko@garlock.com or +1-315-597-7210

Palmyra, New York – Garlock Sealing Technologies, a leader in fluid sealing technology for more than 100 years, has launched Garlock Style 1965 Compression Packing, which combines excellent abrasion resistance with a high degree of flexibility and easy handling. Style 1965 is designed to be easy to cut, easy to form into rings, and easy to install.

Customers can reduce storeroom inventory and enjoy better cash flow management because the packing can be used in a wide variety of environments, including general service, mining, pulp and paper, and water and waste water applications. Style 1965 lasts longer than traditional packing, so customers will save money and improve production efficiency by reducing downtime. Because of its high degree of thermal stability, Style 1965 requires less flush water, conserving a valuable natural resource and reducing customers’ energy expenses.

Additional advantages of this new packing include protecting rotating equipment’s critical components from abrasive media, which reduces maintenance expenditures; it’s also shock-resistant –  withstanding cavitations, pressure surges, and other system disruptions. There’s also no contamination, keeping customers’ end products and pump areas clean.

“Success in this business is all about solving problems, and Garlock has created a solution that’s better than packing or mechanical seals,” says Michael Faulkner, Senior Product Manager for Garlock. “Early response has been fantastic: we’ve delivered a truly leak-free rotary seal with unmatched abrasion and chemical resistance – and incredible water efficiency.”

HYDRA-JUST is more robust than mechanical seals, and it handles system upsets with ease. It also gives customers an indication when it starts to fail – so customers can keep the system going until it’s convenient for them to change the seal. This means they can maximize their uptime, and schedule maintenance around their production needs, rather than re-scheduling production around sealing failures.

Since the technology is brand new, Garlock is holding seminars to help customers understand the science behind the product – and to point out its extraordinary benefits over mechanical seals.

These benefits include:

• No risk of catastrophic failure
• Outage-to-outage service in most industrial pumping applications
• Optimal operation in hostile environments and abrasive conditions (including high-pressure/low-flow conditions)
• Significantly reduced water consumption with cool, dry operation and no dilution
• Easy installation and operation –no special equipment required to use or install
• Fast installation – less than an hour (compared to at least 2 ½ to 3 hours for a mechanical seal)
• No start-up adjustments
• Lower prices than mechanical seals

Customers can purchase the new HYDRA-JUST seals through an authorized Garlock distributor or visit www.garlock.com and go to “Representative Locator” to contact a local Garlock representative.

Garlock Klozure’s new XPS seal is the industry’s first serviceable in place mechanical seal. Unlike traditional mechanical seals that house a single set of sealing faces, the XPS houses a series of sealing elements with some deployed and others held in reserve for future use. New elements can be deployed in a mater of seconds when a problem arises to allow users to continue their operation with minimal interruption. This represents a significant value for the user by not having to stop critical or expensive processes to perform a seal repair.

In addition to being serviceable in place, the XPS is one of the few mechanical seals in the world capable of running dry. The XPS sealing elements are capable of running totally dry for extended periods of time offering breakthrough industry protection during upset conditions! No more worrying if your traditional seal will be damaged due to a valve being shut or a tank empty - the XPS can handle it.

With the rebuild kit available on any XPS, the seal can also be fully reconditioned on site in under an hour at a fraction of the cost of conventional mechanical seals. With the XPS there is no need to send the seal back to a repair facility to get faces re-lapped or parts rebuilt.

The XPS is stocked for most ANSI pump sizes (Goulds, Flowserve, Peerless, Summit, Griswold, AKAY etc). Other applications are available with short lead-times.

Garlock has dubbed this massive initiative “PMP” - an acronym for “Palmyra Modernization Project.”

Over the next five years, Garlock will invest at least $35 million in the PMP initiative involving the demolition of most existing structures and construction of new, more efficient facilities. The project will reduce the number of buildings from 26 to seven and eliminate 350,000 square feet of obsolete space, or half of the space currently under roof.