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Quality concerns over increased gasket failures

An increase in the report of gasket failures has prompted Novus Sealing Limited to raise a concerned voice over the need place quality before price.

Novus Sealing, formed from a management buy out of the Econosto gasket business, is echoing the concerns of senior process engineers and members of the heat transfer industry who have to deal with the consequences of poor quality products. Many concerns surround the Camprofile gasket, once a bastion of reliability and automatic choice for difficult service.

Dr Gavin Smith leads the Novus Sealing Technical Team. He said: “It is both surprising and alarming that in a relatively short space of time the Camprofile gasket has become so devalued,” says Dr Smith.

“We are conscious that Camprofile gaskets, often selected for arduous and critical service are sourced with little or no sympathy for the production requirements of the gasket let alone meeting design criteria and function. Many users subsequently are looking to us to investigate problems and we are finding significant quality issues and manufacturing defects that represent a genuine cause for concern.

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