Protect Flange Faces, Corners, and Gaskets During Storage

This bottom flange carried the stack and the gasket is flattened at two corners. Do you want the gasket replaced and the flange checked before this piece goes up?

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Watch out

Do not install over a crushed, dirty, torn, or displaced gasket and hope the corner hardware or mastic will hide it.

Check

piece mark / system / area
photo of the condition
current spool, shop drawing, or delivery record
verified dimensions or travel-path information
what has already been checked

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protect flange faces, corners, and gaskets during storage receiving, staging & shop-to-field flow protect tdc flange gasket corners storage staging dirty crushed bent connector face store and move flanged duct so connector faces, corners, and installed gasket are not crushed, bent, contaminated, or used as bearing points. this bottom flange carried the stack and the gasket is flattened at two corners. do you want the gasket replaced and the flange checked before this piece goes up?

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