Abstract: A spirally wound gasket is described. The gasket includes a sealing strip (11) wound into a spiral and a support strip (10) wound into a spiral in such a manner that the spiral of the sealing strip is formed interposed between the coils of the supporting strip. The sealing strip comprises a resilient material, the resilient material comprising a CEV component in a proportion of at least 25% w/w of the sealing strip. The CEV component is at least partially derived from dry CEV, and the sealing strip does not include a carrier strip in one aspect. In another aspect, the CEV component is at least partially derived from dry CEV, and the sealing strip has a moisture level of between 3–20% w/w of the sealing strip resilient material during winding into the said gasket. A method of producing a sealing strip is also described.

Abstract: The gasket includes a sealing strip comprising a resilient material, the resilient material comprising a chemically exfoliated vermiculite (CEV) component in a proportion of at least 25% w/w of the sealing strip, the said CEV component being at least partially derived from dry CEV, wherein the sealing strip does not include a carrier strip, made by the process of the application of a wet sealing strip material to a forming sheet to form a layer; partially drying the wet sealing strip layer on the forming sheet; removing the layer from the forming sheet; and (d) cutting the layer into strips suitable for use in the formation of a spirally wound gasket.

Abstract: A sealing gasket having a spiral wound gasket element and an inner annular ring having faces formed of exfoliated graphite material.

Abstract: An annealed, high tensile strength, heat hardenable metal strip is shaped into a spiral wound gasket profile prior to heat treating the strip to harden it and then winding it with a strip of sealing material into a spiral wound gasket.

Abstract: A spiral wound gasket is made by progressively winding strip material between co-operating rollers to form a gasket section, the method of manufacture including the step of separating the rollers at a predetermined rate to give a predetermined rate of growth for the gasket section formed between them.