Sealing Technology
| Material | Palmetto Style | Description | Picture | Spec Sheets |
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| Flax | 1600 | Flax-Ramie blend with tallow/wax and break-in lubricant. Often used in the marine industry for stern tubes and rudder packing. |  |
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| Flax | 1607 | Flax with graphite impregnate & graphite coating. Suggest upgrading to 1030AF or 1382. |  |
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| Flax | 1613 | Flax with PTFE coating is an inexpensive natural fiber packing. Suggest 1392S as an alternative packing. |  |
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| Acrylic | 1007AF | Synthetic yarn with graphite & lube. Inexpensive graphited acrylic packing. Consider upgrading to 1030AF or 1382. |  |
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| Acrylic | 1347AF | White synthetic yarn with PTFE & lube. Inexpensive white acrylic packing for general service. Also used for knife gate & wicket gate valves. |  |
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| Acrylic/Aramid |
1340 |
Synthetic yarn with PTFE & aramid corners. Same as 1347AF, but with yellow aramid corners to add strength and prevent packing extrusion.
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| Composite |
1030AF |
Composite (4) yarns with graphite. One of our most recommended general service packings. Can also be used in valves. If concerned about shaft wear try 1382 or 1389 GFO. |
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| Composite |
1392S |
Composite (4) yarns with PTFE. Very good (non-black/graphite) general service packing with great sealability. 1392H has no added lubrication. Good for applications like valves or reciprocating pumps. |
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| PTFE / Graphite (Excellent all-around packings for general service, light slurry and faster shaft speeds) |
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| ePTFE/Graphite |
1382 |
ePTFE/Graphite. Good heat dissipation, sealability, wide pH range. Very good all-around general service and light slurry packing. |  |
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| ePTFE/Graphite | 1389/ 123GFO Highly Recomended |
PTFE/Graphite. Good heat dissipation, sealability, wide pH range. Excellent all-around general service and light slurry packing.
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| ePTFE/Graphite | VA1389 |
ePTFE/Graphite with flexible graphite core, which improves heat dissipation.
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| PTFE/Graphite | 1390 | PTFE/Graphite stiffer than 1382 or 1389 GFO, making it good for reciprocating applications. |  |
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| Slurry / Abrasive (Mining, asphalt, oil sands, wastewater sludge, dredging, etc.) |
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| Aramid | 1350 | Yellow aramid packing with PTFE. If the application can use a black packing, consider PE1000 or PE1082. |  |
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| Aramid | PE1000 | Durable aramid slurry packing with graphite & PTFE. Seals and dissipates heat better than traditional yellow aramid. Often used in plunger pumps with alternating rings of 4010AF. Also popular in asphalt pumps. |  |
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| Aramid/ePTFE | E1082 Recommended |
Durable slurry packing with break-in lubricant for abrasive/gritty applications. For high pressure slurries, use with PE1000 as end rings to prevent extrusion. |  |
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| Aramid | 1371 | Durable white meta-aramid slurry packing. Less abrasive and wider pH range than yellow aramid. |  |
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| ePTFE/Aramid | 1359 | ePTFE/Graphite with yellow aramid corners to add strength and prevent packing extrusion. Often used as end rings with 1382 or 1389 GFO. |  |
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| TFE/Aramid | 1364 / 1367SK | White ePTFE with yellow aramid corners to add strength and prevent packing extrusion. |  |
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| ePTFE | 1367S | White ePTFE with break-in lubricant. Wide 0-14 pH range for excellent chemical compatibility. |  |
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| ePTFE (FDA Compliant) |
1367H | White ePTFE with no lubrication, generally for static applications like valves. Wide 0-14 pH range for excellent chemical compatibility. |  |
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| ePTFE (FDA Compliant) |
1367FS | White ePTFE with mineral oil break-in lubricant. Generally used in food applications. |  |
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| TFE (FDA Compliant) |
1367C | White PTFE high-temperature FDA compliant packing. Best choice for high speed or high temperature applications requiring a white packing. |  |
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| Flexible Graphite
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5000 |
Flexible graphite. Very good all-around high temperature packing for pumps and valves. (contains no wire) For pumps, consider upgrading to either PINNACLE packing with added PTFE and lube or 5080. |
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| Flexible Graphite (VALVES ONLY) |
5000W |
Flexible graphite with inconel wire. Use in valves or static applications. For high pressure steam valves we recommend 5010. |
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| Flexible Graphite (VALVES ONLY) |
5010 | Flexible graphite with much more inconel wire than 5000W. High pressure steam valve packing. Packing comes standard with a zinc dust coating to prevent corrosion. |  |
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| Flexible Graphite |
5080 Recommended up to 650F |
Flexible graphite with carbon corners. Excellent universal packing for pumps and valves. Very popular in power plants. |  |
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| Flexible Graphite |
PINNACLE™ | Flexible graphite similar to Palmetto 5000, but with added PTFE for better sealability and break-in lube. |  |
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| Carbon / Flexible Graphite / Aramid |
PE5158 | Carbon (PAN staple) with flexible graphite core & aramid corners. Excellent packing for paper mill stock pumps or other high speed or temperature slurries. |  |
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| Carbon |
1575 | Carbon (PAN continuous filament) packing with added graphite coating for high speed/temp pumps. A lower cost alternative to 1585. |  |
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| Carbon |
1578 |
Carbon (PAN continuous filament) packing with added PTFE coating for high speed/temp pumps. A lower cost alternative to 1588.
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| Carbon |
1585 | Carbon (PAN staple) packing with added graphite coating. Good for high speed boiler feed and condensate pumps. 1585 is often used with alternating rings of 4010AF. . |
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| Carbon |
1588 | Carbon (PAN staple) packing with added PTFE coating. High temperature packing with good sealability. An industry standard in paper mills. |  |
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| Carbon (VALVES ONLY) |
4062AF | Carbon with inconel wire for valves and static applications. |  |
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| Graphite | 1555 Recommended up to 800F |
Graphite filament packing with added graphite coating. Most often used when temperature exceeds the 650F limit of Palmetto 1575 or 1585 |  |
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