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Tri-clamp half gasket for a clamped leaf or rim: 2 in, web 0.6 or 0.45

How do I seal a flat plate clamped in a tri-clamp joint? · Hardware · basis: ISO 2852 Type B section split at the joint plane: bead into one face's 1.6 recess with the Type B's 0.3 squeeze, web so that two webs and the plate make the 1.7 joint

Long Earth Society build part. The joint seals round the leaves of my free-piston generator. The engines

Exact dimensions. Every file is drawn at true size with no printing tolerance. The holes and pins that meet another part are listed below under Mating features, with the fit each joint needs; open those by your printer's or process's clearance before making the part. Mating features

sizes
2 in table

Notes

  • Two of them sandwich a flat plate (a flexure leaf, the liner's rim) in a 2 in joint: each bead fills its ferrule's recess, each web lies on its land, the plate between the webs. Web 0.6 for a 0.5 plate, 0.45 for a 0.8 plate: 0.6 + 0.5 + 0.6 = 0.45 + 0.8 + 0.45 = 1.7, the Type B web, so the clamp closes as usual.
  • Ratings, as facts: the gasket must be rated above the relief setting (15 bar gauge) at its temperature; helium permeates silicone faster than PTFE; PTFE cold-flows under sustained load and heat. Cut or ordered to this drawing.

Sizes

web_mmplate_mmbead_mmod_mmid_mm
0.60.51.96347.5
0.450.81.96347.5

Mating features

Drawn at the exact size. Open press, slide, run and socket features by your process's clearance; leave designed gaps and clamp fits as drawn.

featureexactmates withfitfiles
beadØ47.5–Ø56.5 × 1.9ferrule face recess 1.6 (0.3 squeeze)clampall
web0.6 / 0.45 thick to Ø63ferrule land and the leaf or rimclampall

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

ISO (via iTeh sample)ISO 2852 clamp liners: face profile and flange / groove diametersPDFstandard excerpt; dimensions are facts
ASMEBPE Bioprocessing Equipment (tube OD and wall, clamp fittings)standardASME; dimensions are facts verify
Long Earth SocietyEngine buildsweb, videoLES site

Free files

★ Free files 2 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

leaf-half-gasket-2in-w0.6half gasket: web 0.60 thick from Ø47.5 to Ø63, bead Ø47.5–Ø56.5 × 1.9 into one face's recess (1.6 + 0.3 squeeze); two per leaf, beads outwardSTEP · STL
leaf-half-gasket-2in-w0.45half gasket: web 0.45 thick from Ø47.5 to Ø63, bead Ø47.5–Ø56.5 × 1.9 into one face's recess (1.6 + 0.3 squeeze); two per leaf, beads outwardSTEP · STL

Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=tri-clamp-leaf-half-gasket

Tri-clamp half gasket for a clamped leaf or rim: 2 in, web 0.6 or 0.45, isometric render of a generated part
Render of leaf-half-gasket-2in-w0.45 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

Why not a Type B gasket each side?

Two full gaskets plus the plate would be 1.7 + 1.7 + plate: too thick for the clamp to close.