Steel Trap™

Chesterton Steel‑Trap gaskets are rugged, high-performance sealing solutions featuring a layered metal core encapsulated by soft filler (graphite or PTFE). Designed to maintain a secure seal under high temperature, high pressure, and thermal cycling, they deliver excellent recovery and resilience.

Ideal for use in flanges, heat exchangers, reactors, and vessels across industries like petrochemical, power, and refining, Steel‑Trap gaskets provide reliable, leak-free performance in demanding environments.

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Product Features

✔ Thin design and soft sealing material encapsulation provide increased blow-out safety
✔ Replaces sheet gasketing without equipment modification
✔ Can be manufactured in virtually any shape

Technical Data ↓

  • Pipe flanges, heat exchangers, vessels, reactors, valve bonnets, and housings

  • Metal carrier from virtually any metal with graphite, PTFE, or ceramic sealing elements

  • 6000 PSIg ( 415 BARg )

  • -328 °F ( -200 °C )

  • 932 °F ( 500 °C )

  • Steam up to 650°C (1200°F) Inert media -200°C – 900°C (-328°F – 1650°F)"

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