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Energy

American Seal & Engineering Co., Inc.

The Energy Industry


Reliability Keeps the Industry Drilling

The world runs on energy and therefore the need for oil and natural
gas is more acute than in almost any time in our history. This is why it is
critically important to keep exploring for new sources of energy with
drilling equipment that can tolerate extreme environmental conditions
like those experienced in the depths of the world’s oceans. American Seal
& Engineering Co., Inc., provides the Energy industry with the reliability
needed to tap those new sources of oil and gas.
Experience and Knowledge understands the costs involved in such solutions to the Energy industry that
repairs and we work to prevent such meet the critical technical and commer-
American Seal & Engineering has
failures through our devotion to engi- cial criteria outlined by our customers.
focused on resilient metallic seals,
sealing systems and sealing technology neering and lean manufacturing.
since 1971. It is this commitment to
our core products that ensures that we Partnerships with Our Customers Examples of Energy
can deliver sealing products that meet Our commitment to reliability is driven Applications that Use
Ameriseal Products
critical industry standards that are by our devotion to engineering. We
essential to keeping our customers in do not offer off-the-shelf solutions or Power Generation
the Energy industry competitive. a “one product fits all” approach to our • Pressure vessel cover sealing
customers; we offer custom-designed • Pressure vessel connection joint sealing
• Turbine multi stage seals
Commitment to Reliability sealing components and sealing
• Turbine blade lock seals
Reliability is the most important systems that are specific to our • Turbine environmental & biological
customers’ application and design control seals
aspect of a sealing system. We know,
• Valves, pumps and couplings
for instance, that the failure of an envelope. We work closely with our
Ameriseal product on drilling or customers’ engineering teams at our Land-Based and Off-Shore Oil Exploration

support equipment can create the site and/or at their research center • Drill rig seals
or manufacturing facility from project • Drill pipe and collar assemblies
need to shutdown the rig for repair
• Centrifuge spin assembly seals
at a considerable expense to our inception through completion. Our
• Threaded and Thread less Connector
customer. American Seal & Engineering commitment is to provide sealing assemblies
• High pressure quick disconnect couplings
• Telescoping joint assemblies
• Directional drill positioning devices
Please contact our Sales Department at 800.878.2442 or
s

• Sea-floor Christmas three assemblies


[email protected] to discover how American Seal &
• Injection well assemblies
Engineering can support your company’s sealing challenges.
www.ameriseal.com
Energy

Types of ASE Seals Used by the Energy Industry

Custom-Designed Ameriseal™ Seals


Custom-Designed Ameriseal Seals are specifically Working with customers, ASE engineers design
engineered to fit customers’ envelopes, enabling these seals to also help the Energy industry meet
them to perform efficiently, effectively and reliably. its goals.

Ameriseal™ Spring Energized Seals


Ameriseal Spring Energized high-performance is compressed to a predetermined deflection,
seals have a temperature range from cryogenic to sealing stresses are generated by the resilient
2000˚F from 1x10-10 Torr vacuum to 100,000 PSI. jacket and spring. Additional seal energization is
These 100,000 PSI pressure seals are normally not achieved when system pressure is introduced,
affected by corrosion, radiation or other adverse increasing seal loading. Unless otherwise
environmental conditions, provided the seal engineered, the system pressure is applied
material is compatible with the medium. It is a to the open side of the seal.
self and pressure activated design. When the seal

Ameriseal™ C-Seals
Ameriseal C-Seals help overcome both heat and materials. This uniquely fabricated seal configura-
pressure pulsating sealing problems. Key to the tion is capable of producing relatively high levels
seal’s performance is the high spring back charac- of spring back. The compression of the seal in a
teristic due to the C-shaped construction. These controlled groove or between two radial interfaces
highly resilient seals can be used for internal, exter- produces a counter load, generating an effective
nal and axial pressures under extreme conditions sealing action that is ideal for these special
that preclude the use of gaskets made of organic applications.

Ameriseal™ Combustion Seals


Ameriseal Combustion Seals are high performance designed jacket and helically wound spring provides
resilient metallic seals developed for use as the a fatigue resistant gasket to meet the operating
primary sealing element on internal combustion limits of temperature, pressure and deflection
engines. With over 0.002” useful spring back and associated with combustion engine applications.
tolerant to head dynamics of up to 0.00015”, these In the design of this unique gasket our primary
seals are well suited for diesel and other high goal was high performance, reliability and product
performance gasoline engine applications. The integrity. Our design engineers applied the same
jacket is fabricated with a unique forming process principals used in many aerospace sealing applica-
using Inconel as the base material. The specially tions into the design of our Combustion Seals.

Ameriseal™ O-Seals
Ameriseal O-Seals are used when elastomers and and unlike non-metallic seals, they are not subject
other non-metallic seals will not seal properly to failure due to incompatibility with the environ-
or do not offer the required reliability for the applica- ment, out gassing or from deterioration due to age.
tion, usually as a result of temperatures, pressures,
or radiation. Ameriseal O-Seals are long lasting seals

American Seal & Engineering Co., Inc.


P.O. Box 1038, 295 Indian River Road, Orange, CT 06477 USA
800.878.2442 | [email protected] | www.ameriseal.com

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