High Pressure Heat
Exchanger Tube Plugwith Patented
Hex Drive Capture System
There
is a New, Easy Way to Seal Leaking Tubes!
The
TORQ N' SEAL® Heat Exchanger Tube Sheet Plug is a solid one piece plug that can be inserted into the tube sheet of
a leaking tube and expanded with a standard 3/8" drive torque wrench.
The plug will expand approximately 30 mils (.030") to provide a
positive mechanical contact seal. The TORQ N’ SEAL®
Heat Exchanger Plug can be used in high or low pressure applications
such as feedwater heaters, moisture separator reheaters, preheaters,
condensers, coolers, fin-fan coolers or any other tubed heat exchanger.

U.S. Pat. No. 5.289.851 others pending
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Positive
sealing in excess of 6500 PSI is achieved without special tooling
or personnel training.
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Plug
can be inserted to any depth of the tube sheet in order to avoid severely
corroded areas on the tube sheet face.
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Design
enables rapid implantation and fit into tight areas adjacent to the
tube sheet/shell joint interface, baffle plates and internal dividers.
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One
piece design enhances sealing characteristics by eliminating second
potential leak path common to design found in two piece plugs.
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Wide
sealing area contact zone ensures a positive seal while the gradual
and symmetrical torque expansion eliminates thermal and mechanical
shock to the tube sheet, commonly found with welding, impact due to
hammering of tapered pins, and explosive insertion methods.
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Exclusive
design allows installation of plugs at the face and back side of the
tube sheet in order to prevent intrusion of shellside corrosives.
With single plugging techniques accomplished on the face of the tube
sheet, corrosives can enter the void created in the tube sheet, thereby
exacerbating erosion and corrosion of the tube sheet ligaments
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TORQ N’ SEAL® Plugs are available to meet Nuclear
ASME
Sec. III or ISO 9002 QA specifications.
TORQ
N’ SEAL® ...how it works!
The TORQ N’ SEAL® Plug is snapped onto the
hex capture driver and inserted into the
tube ID, ensuring that the serrated sealing area is within the tube sheet.
Applying the initial torque to the driver engages the anti-spin eccentric
cam, locking the plug into the tube ID, thereby providing a torsional
resistive force. As additional torque (in. lb.) is exerted, the drive
screw threads into the plug body, pressing the tapered expansion ferrule
into the reverse taper of the plug. These tapered surfaces combine to
generate an enormous radial expansion force, swaging the serrated sealing
area into the tube wall. A positive mechanical contact seal in excess
of 6,500 psi is created.
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