Buraflon 5846

Buraflon 5846 is a diagonally braided, silicone oil-free ramie fiber packing with a light-colored special PTFE impregnating agent based on paraffin wax and oil. This special combination will prevent product contamination. The packing is preferred for use in marine applications, the brewing and drinks industry and the pharmaceutical industry. It is a flexible, maintenance-friendly and easy to adjust packing that is gentle on shaft surfaces.

Buraflon 5846

Product Description

Features:
  • Diagonally braided
  • Silicone oil-free ramie fiber
  • Light-colored special PTFE impregnating agent based on paraffin wax and oil
  • Product contamination prevention 
  • Maintenance-friendly 
Advantages:
  • Easy to maintain
  • Easy to adjust
  • Flexible
  • Gentle on shaft surfaces
  • Wear-resistant
  • Particularly resistant to abrasive media
  • Particularly rot-resistant

Technical Specifications

Operating range:

Pressure:
Pumps
Pressure: p = 25 bar
Sliding velocity: vg = 12 m/s
Valves 
Pressure: p = 100 bar
Sliding velocity: vg = 2 m/s
Plunger Pumps
Pressure: p = 100 bar
Sliding velocity: vg = 1,5 m/s
Mixers, agitators, kneaders, filters
Pressure: p = 20 bar 
Sliding velocity: vg = 2 m/s 

Temperature 

  • Continuous operation: 
    t = -50 °C … +140 °C


Chemical resistance: 
pH = 5 ... 11 
Resistant to water, waste water, sea water and drinking water, and to certain oils and fats. Not suitable for use in concentrated alkalis and acids.

Standards and approvals:
  • FDA
Recommended applications:
  • Process industry
  • Chemical industry
  • Power plant technology
  • Pulp and paper industry
  • Water and waste water technology
  • Mining industry
  • Building services industry
  • Food and beverage industry
  • Shipbuilding
  • Sugar industry

Mechanical units

  • Pumps
  • Piston pumps
  • Refiners

Components

  • Filters
Variants:

5846/AK (braiding in AK-profile)

Forms of supply:
  • Sold by length, blank cuts, precompressed rings with straight or slanted cut
  • Box contents
    up to 6.35 mm: 1 kg
    7 - 10 mm: 2 kg
    11 - 13 mm: 3 kg
    14 - 24 mm: 5 kg
    from 25 mm: 10 kg
  • Standard dimensions:
    5 mm
    6 mm
    8 mm
    9,5 mm
    10 mm
    12 mm
    12.7 mm
    14 mm
    15 mm
    16 mm
    18 mm
    20 mm
    22 mm
    25 mm
     
  • Additional dimensions available upon request