Deanc - Thanks for the referance, I'll check it out.
MJC - I had considered a ring joint. I stayed away from it becuase I couldn't locate a standard pure copper O-ring, and was concerned that the bolt torque would need to be very high to deform the metal seal. I was hoping to stay with a simple...
I've been asked to design a flanged joint using a pure copper gasket to seal Fluorine gas at 1000 PSI.
I looked at ASME b16.5 and thought that a class 600 raised face design would work, but couldn't understand what the minimum thickness (width) of the raised face could be. I wanted to I use...
