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Had a brutal week at the refinery in Baton Rouge last month
We were swapping out a 40-year-old boiler feedwater heater and the old gasket basically turned to concrete. Took us 3 extra days just to break the flange loose with a hydraulic torque wrench. Has anyone else dealt with gaskets that just refuse to give up?
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daniel55224d ago
Read somewhere that heat cycles over decades basically bake those gaskets into the metal. Makes them act like one solid piece.
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jenny58023d agoTop Commenter
@daniel552 Spot on. Heat fuses them into one stubborn mess.
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