Metal to metal seal design - inconel material

[Hanson Gill_1983]

Hi all,

I'm looking to design a metal to metal seal as shown in the picture attached.
Force is applied on part 1 against part 2 with a metal seal in between.
The seal should work in a pressure of 5k psi and force to be applied is approx 8000 pounds.any tips/guidance would be of great help. Thanks

 

[monkeydog]

What are you sealing?
Helium, mud, lava?
How much leakage can you have? 1 cc of lava per day?

 

[Hanson Gill_1983]

the seals should work to seal Hydrocarbons (oil extraction). There shouldn't be any leakage.

 

[rtmorgan]

This is called by many names, the original Grayloc circa 1954. That design has been used from hard vacuum thru 60Ksi, and temps as high as 1800°F. Per code and actual installation measurements, seating stresses are nominally less than 5% of available joint bolt load capacity.
Why re-invent the wheel again?

 

[Hanson Gill_1983]

Thats right Morgan... my intention was to use the grayloc metal seals and i know well that these are pre-engineered components.But, the problem is i could'nt find a relevant document on the housing specification profile details for these seals (in specific Grayloc seal size 56).If you know where i can get these details it would be of great help.

 

[rtmorgan]

Hanson,
Seat details are normally not distributed unless under license from one of the manufacturers. I have to be very careful here as I still am employed by one of these. Usually, if a manufacturer wants to use a hub/seal design on an integral product of their manufacture, a license can be arranged. I don't know of a source outside of this where seat machining details are readily/reliably available.