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Description / Abstract:
This Practice describes guidelines for use of gaskets with the
following types of flanges
a. Standard flanges in accordance with ASME B16.1, B16.5,
B16.42, or B16.47
b. Custom flanges designed in accordance with Code, Division 1
Appendix 2 or Division 2, Paragraph 4.16 or Part 5
This Practice applies to all of the following:
a. Common gasket styles contained between flat (planar) flange
surfaces.
b. Corrugated metal, double jacketed, grooved metal with
covering layer, sheet, and spiral wound gaskets.
c. Design conditions not greater than the standard flange rating
or the manufacturer's published gasket rating if more
restrictive.
This Practice does not address the following:
a. Confined gaskets, i.e., gaskets contained in grooves (e.g.,
ring joint, tongue and groove, male-female, spiral wound without
retaining rings, etc.)
b. Self-actuated gaskets (e.g., "o"-rings)
c. Proprietary gasket styles
d. Other types of gaskets not specifically covered in this
Practice
e. Cyclic service as defined for vessels in accordance with ASME
Section VIII, Division 2, paragraph 5.5.2, Screening Criteria for
Fatigue Analysis (cyclic service is defined as requiring a fatigue
analysis) and for piping by ASME B31.3 paragraph 300.2, Severe
Cyclic Service definition.
The guidelines in this Practice are intended to:
a. Improve process containment
b. Reduce risk of personnel exposure
c. Enhance blowout prevention
d. Improve bolted joint reliability
e. Provide for gasket standardization
Specific services, environment, or situations may require
considerations that take precedence over the guidelines of this
Practice.
Purpose
This Practice provides guidelines for specifying gaskets for
circular flanges for pressurized equipment and piping.