huge SAVINGS of capitals:

MAINTENANCE FREE
LOW energetic costs
LIFETIME DURATION
less electric power needed
ELECTRIC current flow INTERRUPT
WITHOUT technical CHARACTERISTICS
ALTERATION
O-RINGS SEALING SYSTEM
RECTANGULAR SHAPED SEALING
SYSTEM
U SHAPE SEALING SYSTEM

Mechanical assembly needed to induce
the right deformation
2 or 4 O-Rings between metal and insulating
Deformation/compression required is reached
while compressing O-Rings against the rigid
INSULATING spacer
a surface load higher than
internal pressure
RESULT
TIGHT SEAL
ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
IN THE LONG TERM COULD BE

FLUID LEAKAGE

O-Ring-walls rubbing rubber overheating
O-Rings wearing and tearing
Surface load decreases - due to O-Rings shape
deformation- up to becoming less than the internal
pressure
LEAKAGE
ABRASION
Shaping
Dimensioning
Finishing operating pressures
Temperatures

cause
O-Rings tear off
The structure deforms material looses flexibility
Surface load P1 becomes less than pressure P,
FLUID LEAKAGE

EXTRUSION
Gas saturates the O-Ring at a certain pressure.
If pressure suddenly decreases, gas gets rapidly expelled.
That previously trapped in nano cavities expands violently
O-Rings causing swell-up and bubbles

Explosive
decompression could
generate blisters, or
tears
O-Ring shape is
deformed
Surface load becomes
less than pressure,
causing FLUIDS
LEAKAGE.
EXPLOSIVE
DECOMPRESSION
STRONG HOLDS
MICROSCOPIC PRECISION
STRICT TOLERANCES.
STRUCTURAL DEFORMATIONS
NOT WATERPROOFED
EXTRUSION
SHORTENING
WEAK POINTS:

LACERATIONS
CHEAP
NO PARTICULAR EQUIPMENTS
OF EASY PROVISION
SYMMETRIC SYSTEM
NO FAST PRESSURE CHANGES
One rectangular shaped gasket hardly compressed among
the metallic surfaces, the metal and the insulating spacer
CHEAP
EASY TO
ASSEMBLY.

NO SURFACE FINISHING
WATER PROOFED
NO EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION
NO EXTRUSION
SHORTENING
PRESSURE APPLICATION CIRCLE
IS VERY HIGH
SPECIFIC EQUIPMENTS
AND MOULDS
NON-SYMMETRIC SEALING SYSTEM
STRONG HOLDS
WEAK POINTS:

Even widely used they experienced some
inconveniences
NOT RECOMMEND
for very
HIGH PRESSURES.
NUOVA GIUNGAS
In the 70s, started to invest in R&D
to design new more efficient solutions.
Time is ripe for the
U-shape sealing system

RGD
Rapid gas decompression
(Explosive Decompression)
17
Increasing the level of groove fill
( 90%)is one way to improve the
resistance of a sealing elastomer
compound to RGD effects
In classical O-RING system, higher
levels of fill may not be appropriate
for service !
O-ring must be fill max 2/3 of groove.
O-ring fill 2/3
of groove
DNV rules
say
20
O-RING SEALING SYSTEM
PRIOR AND AFTER ASSEMBLY
DNV RULES REQUIRE AED/RGD CERTIFICATION
FOR O-RINGS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ARE
SUBJECT TO RGD/ED EFFECT
SYSTEM ARE ENCLOSED IN A
COMPLETELY CONFINED SPACE!
DNV RULES DO NOT REQUIRE AED/RGD CERTIFICATION
BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ARE
NOT SUBJECTED TO RGD/ED EFFECT.

NUOVA GIUNGAS SEALING SYSTEM
PRIOR AND AFTER ASSEMBLY
We have check if is true

With comparative test based on NORSOK M710:2001

The Tests was carried out at the same time and in the
same condition on O-RING sealing system and on
NuovaGiungas U-Shape system manufactured with
standard FKM Compound (NOT AED!)


Test condition, fluid media, pressure and cycles:

Test Gas Mixture: 10% CO2 in CH4
Test Temperature: 100C
Test Pressure: 150 bar
The initial exposure period at 150 Bar: 72 hrs
decompression rate: 20 - 40
Bar/min.
Holding at atmospheric pressure(each cycle): 1 h (approx)
Holding at 150 Bar (each cycle): 23 hrs (+/-
1hrs)
Decompression cycles: 10


U-shape sealing system
TEST APPARATUS


25
GAS


O-RING samples


U-SHAPE samples


O-RING


Equivalent to
NORSOK RATING#4




RGD results
U-SHAPE

Equivalent to

NORSOK
RATING #0



RGD results
Nuova Giungas has developed different rubber
compound


SUITABLE FOR:
GAS
OIL
STEAM
LOW TEMPERATURE
HIGH TEMPERATURE
AND OTHERS
and even if the system is not subject to the
explosive decompression phenomena, a compound
tested to Norsok M-710



NORSOK RGD
NGPR1201
NORSOK AGEING TESTS
Change in properties against time
and temperature for Arrhenius model
Arrhenius model
for life prediction
References

The NORSOK tests was carried out
according to NuovaGiungas procedure
N 11522143

Test report N 11511221
O-ring
low pressures
small
diameters
no bending, no
tensile, no torsion
and no
compression
Rectangular
Only medium pressure.
U-SHAPE
NO SERVICE LIMITATIONS


THE VERY HIGH INVESTMENT IN SEARCH OF
MATERIALS, EQUIPMENTS AND MOULDS
HAS BEEN SATISFYINGLY PAID BACK
A LESS EFFICIENT PRODUCT STRONGLY
UNDERMINE, ORIGINAL SAVINGS.
A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS
ALWAYS AT STOCK
BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING
10 BAR
25 BAR
100 BAR
ALL YOUR WISHES
ARE OUR JOB
WE ARE ABLE TO MANUFACTURE
J OINTS SUITABLE FOR
ALL YOUR REQUESTS
WE HAVE ALWAYS
SATISFIED OUR CLIENTS
And we keep on doing it with our
KNOWLEDGE able TO MEET every
kind of REQUIREMENTS

NO LIMITS ON :
Pressures
Sizes
Fluids
128 WATER SERVICE
88 PN 100
BENI
HAROUN
PROJECT
(ALGERIA)
48 API 5L X100
SAI PEM TAP PROJ ECT
GORGON UPSTREAM
PROJ ECT - AUSTRAL I A
DUPLEX CARBON STEEL
WEST SACRAMENTO FORCE MAIN,
PROJECT NEW NATOMAS & SOUTH RIVER PUMPING STATION
WA FA - ME L L I TA H
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SAIPEM - MENZEL
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ALL OUR PROCESSES ARE UNDER
STRICHT CONTROLS
ELECTRICAL TEST
DIELECTRICAL TEST
HYDRAULI C TEST
HYDRAULIC TEST
TENSILE TEST
TORSIONAL TEST
BENDING TEST
HOL I DAY T E S T
MAGNETIC TEST
MAGNETIC TEST
IMMERSION IN SALINE SOLUTION
AND MANY OTHERS
ACCORDING TO CLIENT REQUEST
R&D AND TECHNOLOGY
AT YOUR SERVICE!

NUOVA GIUNGAS srl
41043 Formigine Modena Italy
Via A. Moro 26,28
Tel: +39 059 578611
Fax: +39 059 570633
E-mail ng@nuovagiungas.com
URL : www.nuovagiungas.com