Page 46 - Design Criteria.qxd

47 ® Welcome to the Next Generation of Sealing Technology
Troubleshooting
Good Preparation Ensures
Good Performance
• Handle with care
• Keep in package
• Protect from damage
and the weather
• Stack; don’t hang
• Check flange surfaces
for correct finish, blemishes, flatness, etc.
• Verify that proper stud material is being used
• Check condition of studs and nuts
• If washers are used they must be hardened
• Lubricate threads and bearing surface of nuts
• Don’t apply any compounds or pastes on the gasket
• Use the correct, new gasket
• Don’t secure the gasket to the flange with duct tape
• Use a cross bolting pattern in incremental steps; then go bolt-to-bolt
• Apply sufficient load