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We are excited to announce our participation in the 15th European Pressure Equipment Symposium, taking place on July 1–2, 2025 , in Fürstenfeldbruck , near Munich. Our team will be on-site as exhibitors, and we warmly invite you to visit our booth and connect with our colleagues Andrew Patrick, Jan Oredsson and Erlend Berntsen. This event offers a great opportunity to exchange ideas, learn about the latest developments in the field, and explore how we can support your goals. To learn more about the event, please visit: www.tuvsud.com/akademie/europaeische-druckgeraetetage We look forward to welcoming you in Fürstenfeldbruck!

Imagine a future where in extreme environments it is possible to model and simulate a gaskets performance and know the lifetime of a bolted flange joint, sealed with a DeltaV-Seal. Pipeotech's Engineering and Technical team have been working to make the modelling and simulation of a gasket a possibility. Being able to simulate the performance of a bolted flange joint, and provide a defined lifetime has huge financial benefit to industry, maximising the time between turnarounds, extracting maximum value from their assets.

Working with the chemical industries it is clear Nitric Acid is a particularly challenging chemical to keep within bolted flange joints. Current industry practice on bolted flange joints containing Nitric Acid is to utilize a special blend of PTFE and other chemicals as a gasket. Discussions between Pipeotech and the industry have highlighted the current industry practice is to regularly replace their current gasket, typically every 6 to 12 months. Every time a legacy semi-metallic gasket is changed the nitric acid system must be emptied and made safe, a significant cost in both time and resources.

On the 13 January 2023, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway took the first formal step towards a European ban on polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by jointly submitting a restriction proposal to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). PTFE, (polytetrafluoroethylene), belongs to a subgroup of PFAS called fluorinated polymers.

Pipeotech's project with a global manufacturer of peroxide has been featured within Fluid Handling Pro. The article details the design considerations for a gasket utilized in an extremely pure peroxide production unit, along with the specialist cleaning required to prevent contamination and ensure safety.