They are made of a continuous strip of specially shaped metal material, coupled with a continuous strip of filler material (graphite, teflon), uniformly wound with constant winding tension, and reinforced on the inner and outer diameters by winding several turns of metal only and electrically welded together.
The main characteristic of these gaskets, thanks to the special profile, is to offer a perfect seal in all variable pressure and temperature conditions, elastically recovering the linear excursions resulting from the expansion of the materials.
An appropriate choice of materials allows their use in the most varied operating conditions, as refining, chemical, petrochemical plants, autoclaves, heat exchangers, valves, etc. The shape of this gaskets is normally circular, however, it is possible to produce them in oval form.