Ring Joints

Ring Type Joints are widely used by the Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Offshore Industries in applications subject to high pressures and temperatures.

These joints are designed to concentrate the bolt load over a small area thus producing high seating stresses.

As the ring  material should always be softer than the mating flanges, the high seating stress causes plastic flow of the ring joint in the flange faces creating the seal.All Ring Type Joints are manufactured according to ASME B16.20 and API6A standard.

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  1. Ring Joints

     Typical RTJ Gasket   Material
    Material

    Std.RTJ hardness 

    (Brinell)

     Max. Temp

     (°C)

    Identification
     Soft iron 90 400 D
     Low carbon steel120500  S
     4%-6% Cr 1/2% Mo: F5130 500  F5
     SS304160 550 S304
     SS316160 600 S316
     SS321 160 800  S321
     SS347 160 800  S347
     SS410170 500  S410
    Inconel 625-450625
    Incoloy 825-450825
    Hastelloy C-276-450C-276
    Duplex-800S31803
    Titanium-350TI
The Ring Type Joint (RTJ) gasket is a forged ring that fits into the machined groove of an RTJ flange. The ring type joint gaskets are either octagonal or oval in cross-section
They are dimensionally suitable for use with flanges manufactured as per standards ASME B 16.5, ASME B16. 47, and API 6A
Their reuse is not recommended for two reasons: The initial seating of the gasket will be impaired. This may result in permanent damage to the groove.
The RTJ gasket material is selected on a number of grounds; primarily chemical compatibility with the media and the hardness of the flange.
The gasket material ideally needs to be roughly 30 Brinell less than the flange material to ensure sufficient deformation of the gasket without damaging flange surface.
Octagonal RTJ is an improvement on the original oval RTJ design. Ultimately it depends on the flange design. The oval ring fits the round and flat bottom ring groove flange, while the octagonal shape fits only the modern flat bottom groove flange. The Octagonal cross section has a higher sealing efficiency than the Oval cross section and is therefore preferred.
RTJ gaskets can withstand aggressive chemicals and temperatures up to 1,000°C with properly selected metal.
Ring joint gaskets are metallic sealing rings suitable for high pressure and high temperature applications and are fitted in ring groove type flanges.
Ring Type Joints are widely used in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry, in valves and pipe-work.
The side wall surface finish of the gasket groove shall not exceed 1.6 micro meter (63 micro inch CLA) roughness.