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Non-Hardening Gasket Compound for Turbine Pedestal Flanges

11/19/2011 4:52 AM

Project Sales Corporation How does Marston Jointing Compound work ?

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An essential component in steam and gas turbine power plants are the turbine pedestal bearings. These oil
lubricated plain bearings support the entire weight of turbine journal bearings, the turbine shaft and blade
assembly (the rotor) and the turbine shell. The turbine pedestal bearing's function is to allow for thermal
expansion, permitting the turbine shell to easily slide and follow the turbine rotor as the turbine assembly
expands and contracts. With steam temperature exceeding 1000 degrees F, this expansion can be more
than 1/2 inch; both axially and radially.
Marston is developed for application in the pedestal bearing flanges. It is resistant against mineral oils and
synthetic oils,fuels, additives, gases, water, anti-freeze, etc. With a unique curtaining action, when pedestal
bearing flanges sealed with Marston expand, Marston stretches, and then breaks cohesively, leaving sealant
on both sides. When the flanges return together, the putty reseals, a self-healing mechanism. This makes
Marston a particularly effective sealant on close fitting large flanges which are subject to extreme vibration,
distortion, or joint movement, because while the seal may break fora microsecond, it reseals and the
pedestal bearing fluids remain contained avoiding any leakage from the flange avoiding the risk of a fire.
With a higher temperature resistance and better bonding properties than other oil resistant sealing
compounds, this product is formulated to avoid corrosion on any metals, and resist mineral as well as
synthetic fluids used for oil circulation systems. The non-hardening property allows for several assembly and
disassembly without reapplication. For this, its unique red color allows for easy identification on the flange
surfaces.
When used in conjunction with old used gaskets as a gasket dressing material, it can supplement the sealing
effect and avoid the downtime associated with the lead times of waiting for a replacement gasket. All
threaded joints can be sealed against leakages with the application of Marston. The drops of oil that
normally leaks from the shop floor machines that can cause slips and falls is 100% sealed with Marston on
threads. These threaded joints can be easily opened as well unlike in case of other thread sealing
compounds that work on the basis of creating a rigid sealing material to stop oil leakage but need a higher
torque to break open sometime damaging the threads. Marston is non-hardening in nature so while it seals
the threads it also allows for easy opening for maintenance.
With every box of 10 tubes Marston 80ml, you get a Marston Cleaner absolutely free so you do not need to
look around for a cleaner to clean the surfaces before sealing. Just apply the cleaner, let dry for a minute
and apply Marston. With its non-hardening characteristics you get unlimited assembly time when required.
Marston products is brought to you in India by Project Sales Corp, distributors for Birkosit Sealing
Compound, the OE developed product for turbine parting plane flange. You can know more about this in
http://india.birkosit.com Marston is a brand of Marston Domsel GmbH. All brands are registered trademarks
of their respective owners. For more information log onto www.marston-domsel.de
Marston Universal Jointing Compound is priced at INR.199 per tube of 80 ml and is available in a box of 10
tubes, master carton of 100 tubes. Taxes extra.
We look forward to your valued orders soon.
Regards
Satish Agrawal I Managing PartnerProject Sales Corp, 28 Founta Plaza, SuryabaghVisakhapatnam 530020,
AP I Call +91-891-2564393 Fax +91-891-2590482 I sales@projectsalescorp.com
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Re: Non-Hardening Gasket Compound for Turbine Pedestal Flanges

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11/19/2011 5:46 AM

This is not a slot for Commercials, for that the commercial space is available. Post all thre of your posts (all
are anyway same) there.
BTW- Has Domsel unable to market there product so that they were forced to take halp of dealers?

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Re: Non-Hardening Gasket Compound for Turbine Pedestal Flanges

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11/19/2011 6:02 AM

when pedestal bearing flanges sealed with Marston expand, Marston stretches, and then breaks cohesively,
leaving sealant on both sides. When the flanges return together, the putty reseals, a self-healing
mechanism. This makes Marston a particularly effective sealant on close fitting large flanges which are
subject to extreme vibration, distortion, or joint movement, because while the seal may break fora
microsecond, it reseals and the pedestal bearing fluids remain contained avoiding any leakage from the
flange avoiding the risk of a fire.
There are quite a bit of erroroneous statement in tha above. teh flanges are not permitted to be separated
and that is always taken care of by the prestrech of the fasteners generating sufficient joint stiffness. The
sealing compounds are only put to take care of the machining irregularities.

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Re: Non-Hardening Gasket Compound for Turbine Pedestal Flanges

11/19/2011 6:17 AM

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Non-setting sealants permit joint movement, and even flange separation, but reseal the moment the joint
returns to its normal position. This self-healing mechanism is at the core of how non-setting sealants work.
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