gas-tight


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not allowing air or gas to pass in or out

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The super-soft cushion conforms to the patient's face to ensure a gas-tight fit that is more secure than the PVC cushion and has a lower profile on the face.
ARCHER, the global oilfield service provider, has released Stormlock -- an ISO 14310 V0-rated, gas-tight storm plug specifically designed for suspension operations in the Gulf of Mexico and other deepwater markets.
The connection is ideal for placement in high vibration applications like conveyors, material handling equipment and printing presses; and in explosive, gas-tight connection required environments such as mining, chemical refining, oil and gas, and grain elevators.
Firefighters used gas-tight suits to investigate and isolate the gas leak, which was ventilated and made safe.
The ward was evacuated, while firefighters, who wore specialist gas-tight suits, removed the fridge from the premises.
Firemen wearing gas-tight suits were called in to tackle the chlorine spillage at Water World at Prudhoe in Northumberland today.
The coatings are applied on panels and subjected to a 90-day gas-tight chamber test, which simulates the cargo tank environment in loaded and unloaded condition, and a 180-day immersion test, which simulates conditions in a loaded crude oil tank.
The design features a standard machined port to provide a simple and reliable, gas-tight threaded connection, with reduced potential leak paths.
The living space is made by layering radiation-shielding materials like Demron - used in the safety suits for nuclear workers cleaning up Japan's Fukushima plant - with a gas-tight material made from a polyurethane substrate to hold in air, as well as gold-metalicized film to reflect ultraviolet rays.
Fire crews used specialist gas-tight suits and breathing apparatus to deal with a serious nitric acid spillage at Technic UK on the Attleborough Industrial Estate.
Firefighters in gas-tight suits set up a decontamination area.
The hermetic, gas-tight and robust construction also offers a safe and reliable seal solution for measuring liquefied anhydrous ammonia." The new transmitter seal provides multiple layers of protection using a temperature and pressure barrier in a flexible assembly to handle forces induced by probe movement and temperature variations.