CAMPROFILE GASKETS

Resistant to media pressures up to 250 bar.

When assembled the remaining thickness of the sealing material is extremely

low (0.1 - 0.2 mm), thus reducing leaks, fail rates and environment pollution.

The gasket will not damage the flange surface and can be easily removed.

Camprofile cores are re-usable after cleaning, inspection (including profile

tracing) and relayering with new sealing material. This is of particular interest in the
case of costly heat exchanger gaskets (when using Monel for instance, and other
exotic materials).

Reduces maintenance costs and leakage - thanks to the camprofile gaskets reliability
and sealing performance.

Seating stress range

A camprofile gasket offers a reliable sealing performance when seated within the following
Camprofile gaskets seating stress ranges:
Camprofile gaskets consist of a metal core, generally stainless steel, with
concentric grooves on either side. A sealing layer is usually applied on both Seating stress (20C)
sides and depending on the service duty the material for this layer can be Layer material
Minimum Optimum Maximum
graphite, PTFE (Teflon), asbestos free gasket sheeting material or metal
[N/mm 2] [N/mm 2 ] [N/mm 2]
(e.g. aluminium or silver). The sealing layers protect the flange surfaces
from damage in addition to providing an effective seal. Graphite 20 90 400
PTFE (Teflon ) 20 90 400
Non-asbestos 40 125 400
Characteristics Silv er 125 240 450

The wide seating stress range (minimum to maximum seating stress) of
the camprofile gasket makes it:
- Highly suitable for varying temperatures and pressures.
- Less sensitive to assembly faults (inaccurate bolt tensioning).
- Suitable for light and heavy designed flanges.
Dependent upon the layer material camprofile gaskets can resist
temperatures up to approx. 1000C.
The above values are based on parallel root form gaskets. The values have slight variations
for convex root form gaskets.
Flange surface finish
The recommended flange surface finish for camprofiles with sealing layers is from
3.2 to 6.3 m Ra (125-250 RMS), also referred to as a smooth finish, however stock finish
is acceptable as well.
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Core thickness
Core thickness depends on the assembly circumstances. The most common
camprofile core thickness nowadays is 3 mm. When a camprofile is replacing Parallel root cores
an existing gasket, the use of a 4 mm. thick core should not be problematic.
Only in very exceptional situations using a thicker gasket might cause
SM20 Without centering ring
unnecessary stress on existing pipe runs, this especially in rigid systems.
(for male/female, tongue/groove and grooved flanges
Advantages of parallel root cores

Uniform spread of stress at the cams

Uniform spread of stress across the flange surfaces SM18
With integral centering ring
Advantages of convex root cores

Highly suitable for underbolted flanges

Effective seal at low seating stress
The gasket design ensures a high seating stress area (centre) and a lower SM21
seating stress area (gaskets outside) With floating centering ring,
attached outside the sealing area

Gasket profiles
All profiles feature a standard profile with a 1 mm cam pitch and a maximum
groove depth of 0.5 mm. Alternative profiles are available on request e.g. Convex root cores
1.5 mm cam pitch and a maximum groove depth
of 0.75 mm (DIN profile).

Seaco provides the following camprofile styles

SM40 Without centering ring
(for male/female, tongue/groove and grooved flanges

SM38
With integral centering ring

SM41
With floating centering ring,
attached outside the sealing area
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Profile selection Note
Camprofile gaskets with centering rings ensure optimum gasket positioning Optimal gasket performance is ultimately ensured by flange surface finish and proper
between the bolts. Thermal-shock conditions (sudden changes in temperatures) assembly as well. Apart from standard round gaskets, camprofiles can be made in a
may damage camprofiles with integral centering rings (thermal tension may variety of shapes, oval, rectangular and exchanger gaskets with pass-bars. Correctly
cause cracks in the core). This is prevented by using camprofile gaskets with dimensioned drawings are required to make non-standard gaskets and gasket shapes.
floating guide rings.The centering rings on styles SM21 and SM41 allow for
expansion and contraction without reactionary forces being applied to the core. Core material selection
The core material is generally fabricated in identical material to the piping system
The SM21 and SM41 styles offer the following advantages
to prevent corrosion problems.Stainless steel 316 camprofiles cores are generally
The guide ring is stable and free from expansion stresses.
used with carbon steel pipe systems to prevent gasket corrosion.
No distortion of the centering ring by the threads of the bolts, as sometimes
occurs in vertical assemblies, causing the camprofile to be positioned eccentrically.
The recommended camprofile metal cores are shown in the table.
This also increases the possibility of re-use, reducing costs in the long run!
The floating guide ring allows for expansion without applying mechanical stress
to the camprofile core.

Material DIN DIN AISI Hardness Temperature Density

B.S.
(trade name) Specification Material No. ASTM HB / HV* [C] [gr/cm3 ]
UNS Min. Max.

Soft I ron - - - - 90 - 100 - 60 500 7.85

Steel (L CS) RSt . 37. 2 1.0038 - - 100 - 130 - 40 500 7.85
Stainless Steel 304 X5 CrNi 1810 1.4301 304 304S15/16/31 130 - 180 -250 550 7.9
Stainles s Steel 304 L X2Cr Ni 1911 1.4306 304L 304S11 130 - 190 -250 550 7.9
Stainles s Steel 309 X15CrNiSi 20 12 1.4828 309 309S24 130 - 190 -100 10 00 7.9

Stainless Steel 316 L (1) X2CrNiMo 1713 1.4404 316L 316S11/13 130 - 190 -100 550 7.9
Stainles s Steel 316 Ti X6Cr NiM oTi 1712 1.4571 316Ti 320S31 130 - 190 -100 550 7.8
Stainless Steel 321 X6CrNiTi 1810 1.4541 321 321S12/49/87 130 - 190 -250 550 7.9
Stainles s Steel 347 X6Cr NiNb 1810 1.4550 347 347S31 130 - 190 -250 55 0 7.9
A lum inium A l 99, 5 3.0255 - - 20 - 23 -250 300 2.73

Silv er - - - - 28* -250 750 10.5

Copper - 2.0090 - - 50 - 80 -250 400 8.9
Nickel 200 Ni 99,2 2.4066 N02200 3072-76 NA11 90 - 120 -250 600 8.9
Monel 400 NiCu 30 Fe 2.4360 N04400 3072-76 NA13 110 - 150 -125 600 8.8
Inconel 600 NiCr 15 Fe 2.4816 N06600 3072-76 NA14 120 - 180 -100 950 8.4

Incoloy 800 X10NiCrAITi 3220 1.4876 N08800 3072-76 NA15 140 - 220 -100 850 8.0

Incoloy 825 NiCr 21 Mo 2.4858 N08825 3072-76 NA16 120 - 180 -100 450 8.14
Hastelloy B2 NiM o 28 2.4617 N106 65 - 170 - 230 -200 450 9.2
Hastelloy C276
NiM o16Cr15 W 2.4819 N102 76 - 170 - 230 -200 450 8.9
Titaniu m Ti 99,8 3.7025 - - 110 - 140 -250 350 4.5

(1)
Standard material for camprofile gaskets
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Layer material selection
The following table may be used to determine the appropriate sealing layer
material. Seaco recommends the use of graphite layers for most applications.
Only in cases where graphite may cause media pollution, or is not chemically resistant,
an alternative layer material should be chosen.
Waranty exclusion
In view of the variety of different installation and operation conditions as well as
application and process engineering options, the information given in this datasheet
can only provide approximate guidance and cannot be used as basis for warranty
claims.

Graphite
This is a universal, high quality, non-asbestos sealing material featuring:
Very good chemical resistance
Resistance to high (fluctuating) temperatures and pressures
Non ageing properties
Excellent gas tightness qualities

The standard graphite quality used has an ash content of < 2% and chloride
content < 50 ppm. Other graphite qualities are available on request.

PTFE (Teflon)
Is a high quality synthetic material featuring:
Excellent chemical resistance
Temperature resistant up to 250C
Good ageing resistance
Excellent gas tightness

Non-asbestos materials consist of synthetic fibre compounds with nitrile

rubber binders and mineral fillers.

Silver is a precious metal combining excellent gas tightness and chemical

resistance properties. Generally used in applications requiring gas tightness
at elevated temperatures.

Material Temperature [C] Max. operating Gas tightness Application

Min. Max. pressure
[Bar]

Graphite -200 550 250 Good Agressive media

PTFE (teflon ) -200 250 100 Good Agressive media
Non-asbestos -100 250 100 Good Gas and liquids
Silver -200 750 250 Good Agressive media