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WHY FLANGETRAK®?
The main thing that separates us from other flange service companies is that we specialize in the prevention of leaks. Not just detecting leaks - not just repairing leaks - but preventing leaks from occurring at all.

Flanges are designed and intended to be leak-free. When flanges are properly specified, properly manufactured and properly installed they should be stronger and safer than the pipes they join. Flanges that leak are a symptom of process failure rather than product failure.

The FlangeTrak® difference is that we specialize in the total flange servicing process, rather than just parts of it. To focus merely on detecting and repairing leaks overlooks underlying causes. Focus on prevention results in total joint integrity, which prevents the causes of leaks, as well as the resulting cost of repairs.

We have a uniquely specialized combination of expertise and technology that others simply do not possess. We have unparalleled experience in understanding the dynamic complexity of joint operating behaviour. Our specialized tooling and methodology enables us to ensure the critical accuracy that is essential to controlling the total sealing process.

When it comes to finding, fixing and preventing leaks, FlangeTrak® is unequalled.
LEAKS ARE A THREAT TO PROFITS
Most industrial plants have a significant number of high-risk flanges that warrant plant-wide concern. Generally speaking these fall into one or more of the following categories:

Flanges That Chronically Leak

Certain flanges are a continuing problem because of their tendency to leak in spite of ongoing efforts to fix them.

Flanges That Must Not Leak

Certain flanges pose such potentially serious problems that they should never leak. Such leaks could cause ...
  • physical injuries
  • unscheduled work stoppages
  • damage to plant or equipment
  • environmental damage
  • regulatory and/or legal problems

Problems resulting from leaks in high-risk flanges can range from local in severity - to plant-wide catastrophe. Although the range of negative results can widely vary, these high-risk leaks have one thing in common ...

All leaks are 100% preventable when you use FlangeTrak® leak prevention services.
LEAKS ARE A CONTROL ISSUE
It is our view that leaks don't happen by accident - they happen by design. Rather than being symptoms of product failure, leaks are generally evidence of failure in process control. When you fix the control process - you fix the leaks before they happen.

Although static in appearance, flanged joints are actually a hotbed of physical activity. Joints are constantly being subjected to dramatic internal stresses caused by operating temperatures, pressures, and environmental conditions. Each of these factors pose a constant threat to the critically close tolerances that the joint relies on for its sealing integrity.

These varying dynamics are continually challenging the joint through expansion and contraction of the flange housing, the bolts and the gasket itself. Each of these components reacts in its own unique way to these operational stresses. It is the failure to adequately understand and compensate for the complex inter-relationship of these dynamics that leads to joint failure.

Leaks are symptoms of a loss of clamping pressure on the sealing element under operating conditions. This can be caused by a single factor - or a combination of factors.

Quality control factors that can negatively affect joint integrity include:
  • Variation or errors in bolt loadings during assembly procedures
  • The flatness and/or texture of the flange face
  • Bolt metallurgy
  • The plasticity of the gasket material

FlangeTrak® is a Total Quality Management process that rigidly controls these variables, to ensure sealed joints meet, or exceed, design specifications. FlangeTrak® is the control solution.

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