The Metal Textiles Ring Gasket with Heat Shield represents the next evolution in our all-metal gasket technology by bringing together the unique, zero-leak performance characteristics of our knitted wire mesh static flange gaskets with built-in heat protection in a single, all-metal gasket assembly.

The result is optimal thermal protection for sensitive automotive components such as on-board computer sensors—all with greater ease of installation and overall system integrity. Combining the gasket and heat shield in one integrated unit offers a number of significant advantages in automotive manufacturing:

• Simplified Assembly—with greater speed and ease of assembly, our unique single piece gasket/shield design eliminates the need to bolt, weld or strap the heat shield in place.
• Reduced acquisition costs—The unit not only cuts labor and component costs but reduces inventory management by eliminating additional part numbers.
• Cost-effective performance—zero leakage and thermal protection in one product to protect sensitive automotive components.

As with our static flange gaskets, all gasket components are designed with a retention feature which ensures that each unit remains in place during the assembly process. In addition, the grooved static mating flange protects sealing elements from overcompression and helps guarantee flange-to-flange contact.

Metal Textiles offers more than four decades of technical expertise in developing high-temperature spherical seals and gaskets for customers worldwide. We can custom design a high-integrity, temperature-resistant gasketing system using a variety of different shapes and metal alloys to meet your specific requirements.

Exhaust System Sealing Technology that
Keeps Pace with Emission Regulations

As the automotive industry continues to keep pace with new emissions regulations, the requirements of exhaust system joints become increasingly demanding. These joints must not only prevent the release of untreated exhaust gas, they must also combat ingestion of oxygen into the exhaust system-which can have adverse effects on the closed-loop emission control system.

To meet these stringent demands, Metal Textiles engineers have developed a system approach to joint design, and coupled it with advances in seal and gasket materials, geometry, and construction.

An all-metal ring gasket that improves performance

A thin metal jacket fully encapsulates a knitted wire mesh core. This all-metal construction eliminates filler material burn-out and provides far greater resiliency over traditional automotive flange gaskets-even at elevated temperatures. In addition, all component materials can be custom-tailored to achieve further gains in resiliency.

The gasket is designed to fit into a groove in the flange, with the groove depth sized to limit ring compression, allowing the gasket to operate in a set portion of the compression/recovery curve.

Our Ring Gaskets with Heat Shields continue a longstanding Metal Textiles tradition of integrating the right designs, materials and manufacturing methods to meet customer needs for optimal performance at lowest possible cost.

Static Flange Gaskets

The Metal Textiles family of all-metal static flange gaskets provide far greater resiliency over traditional automotive flange gaskets, even at elevated temperatures

Metal Textiles, oval, all-metal ring gaskets are available in any size, custom cross-section, and ID

Product Benefits

• Resilient—maintains seal between flanges for leak-free performance
• High Temperature—core maintains resiliency at extreme operating temperatures
• Durable—all stainless steel construction fights corrosion
• Reusable
• Simplified Installation—slight oval shape of gasket locks firmly into flange groove or around pipe OD during assembly. Sheet metal carrier fits over studs, holding gasket in place.

*General Motors and GM/Metal Textiles patents pending

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