Duct taping spiral wound gasket 6

[henderrj]

I have a client who is covering the seeling surfaces of spiral wound gaskets, as well as the sealing surfaces of flange faces, with duct tape.

He recently switched from paper gaskets to spiral wound. Once he did, his customers started complaining, due to the flange faces having scratches, so he began wrapping them in duct tape to alleviate the scratching. (I think he is compressing the gaskets all the way on their first use, which would cause the circular scratch marks).

I understand that this is incorrect, and a safety concern. I've been trying to find articles about accidents due to this issue, but haven't had any luck. Have any of you seen anyone do this in the past, or have a good story to tell about it?

 

[TugboatEng]

Thank you for posting that ESA/FSA article, bimr. The gasket greasers are strong in my field and I need every bit of information I can get to reinforce my position. It's not like it's even harder to not grease the gasket but they still do it.

Here is an extruded gasket just or illustration. It's not even under pressure, ever.