Sealing pipes passing through concrete barriers can be one of the really tough challenges confronted by designers and installers of any piping system. But there's a way to simplify the whole process. All it takes is the system approach. Link-Seal in combination with Century Line sleeves makes for a dynamic combination. Just what you need to quickly and easily seal any cylindrical object passing through concrete poured walls, floors, and ceilings.
Link-Seal is a flexible belt of interconnected rubber links used to seal the void area or annular space between a cylindrical pipe and round wall opening. Be it a steel sleeve, plastic sleeve, or poured hole, installation is easy. The belt is simply wrapped around the pipe connected and secured by tightening the bolt heads moving clockwise around the seal. Pressure plates on each side of the link applied the compression necessary to expand the rubber. As the bolts are tightened, the links enlarge from a free to an expanded state, transforming the belt of separate links into a hydrostatic seal capable of holding in excess of 20 PSIG with a safety factor of 5 to 1. In the laboratory under controlled conditions, Link-Seal has been successfully tested to 100 PSIG and above. In addition, accelerated aging tests have shown Link-Seal to be capable of providing maintenance-free service over performance life cycles estimated at 40 years or more.
In the real world, Link-Seal improves overall system reliability by effectively dampening the damaging effects of vibration. Link-Seals reduce fatigue on pipe welds, flanges and threaded connections. As an added bonus, they may also be used to isolate stray electric current passing through pipes and casings. Applications for Link-Seal are almost infinite. In fact, any cylindrical object may be quickly easily and permanently sealed as they pass through barriers of all kinds.
For more information on Link-Seal, contact:
Piping Specialties, Inc.
https://psi-team.com
800-223-1468
