Extended Role In Critical Chemical Process Sealing For Kalrez® And Viton®

These recent developments are available through the company’s "Genuine Viton®" programme [of which Problem Solving Products, Inc. is a certified distributor] which provides assurance of sealing products that contain 100 percent virgin Viton® as the sole elastomeric component.

Kalrez® affordability

Kalrez® Spectrum™ 6375 enables users to standardize around one instead of two or three sealing compounds in inventory by providing outstanding performance in acids, bases, amines and steam up to 275°C service temperature. Kalrez® Spectrum™ 7075 provides extended seal life, sealing force retention and thermal resistance up to 327°C in the most aggressive chemical process environments.

DPE also demonstrated how chemical process engineers can save up to 98 per cent in total system running costs by switching to Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer parts. The data is based on calculations of initial seal purchase cost + costs of installation, monitoring, downtime and failure, over the lifetime of equipment in customer processes.

About DuPont Performance Elastomers

DuPont Performance Elastomers, a global supplier of specialty elastomers with headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont. The company is an industry leader in chloroelastomers and fluorinated elastomers, serving the automotive, chemical, petrochemical, semiconductor, food and pharmaceutical processing, construction, general rubber and wire and cable industries.

Viton® was a registered trademark of DuPont at the time the article was written and is now a registered trademark of the Chemours Company.