Saint-Gobain Seals, a leader in designing and manufacturing polymer critical parts that protect core systems in extreme conditions, with locations throughout the world, including California, USA, has received API 6A specification relating to sour fluid (FF/HH) resistance for nine of their most used oil and gas materials.
The new materials included Fluoroloy® A07, Fluoroloy® A10, Fluoroloy® A13, Fluoroloy® A16, Fluoroloy® A41, Fluoroloy® A42, Meldin® 5301, Meldin® 5320 and Meldin® 5330.
The Fluoroloy material is used in Saint-Gobain Seals’ OmniSeal® spring-energized seals and rotary lip seals. The Meldin thermoplastic material has been selected for packing kit backup rings on down hole drilling oil and gas applications and also used for automotive applications in the form of piston rings and thrust washers.