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Innovation, the key element of family business resilience
Family businesses are different from other entrepreneurial companies because of the importance they place on their strategies and long-term development. In Romania, the family businesses started by the founders in the 90s are now in their second, even third...
Empathy, the gold of the crisis moments
We live in complicated times and empathy is highly needed. Not only international relations are being tested, but also the economic resilience of companies and the emotional resilience of employees. More and more people are feeling the stress of an oversizing of...
Etanșări Grafex is the first Romanian company to become a member of the European Sealing Association
The Romanian company with 25 years of activity, Etanșări Grafex has become a member of the prestigious European Sealing Association (E.S.A.). This organization, which represents the elite of the European manufacturers and suppliers of sealing devices and materials,...
Choosing the right gasket
Although they represent a small part and appear to be simple, gaskets play a particularly important role on which depends the proper equipment operation. For this reason, gaskets are often overlooked, their selection being made superficial. Choosing the right gasket...
Family businesses bet on sustainability and innovation
The founders of Romanian entrepreneurial business hand over the baton. The generation of those with the Internet in their pocket takes it over. They travelled. They studied. They have returned and want to take the company further. The mission of the founders was "to...
Correct storage and handling of the gasket
We all know and are used to the fact that many consumable products, including household products, have manufacturer recommended storage requirements. It is important to know and follow these recommendations in order to avoid inconvenience caused by damaging them even...
Water jet cutting
Water jet cutting process uses a thin stream of water at very high pressure to cut parts that require high precision. This thin stream of water leaves the cutting head at over twice the speed of sound, and when you add a small amount of abrasive, it is able to cut any...
Personnel competence qualification
Correct installation of the sealing elements is essential in their optimal and safe operation of a system containing pressurised bolted connections and in the achievement of the highest performance from a pressurised bolted connection. If improperly assembled, even...
Gasket parameters – Part III – Gasket factors Qsmin(L), Qsmax, Qmin(L), PQR and EG
The approval of the new standard EN 1591-1 – ”Flanges and their joints – Design rules for gasketed circular flange connections – Part I: Calculation method” – is done within the framework of Directive 97/23/CE PED which requires the standardization of everything...
Gasket parameters – Part II – Gasket factors Gb, a, Gs
Due to the increasing importance given to environmental protection and with the adoption of norms regulating leakage, starts the research to replace the ”m” and ”y” parameters. These two parameters do not take into account the leak rate and are difficult to reproduce...