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Old 12th Feb 2019, 9:05 am   #16
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Default Re: PTFE tape for transformer insulation

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Originally Posted by Bazz4CQJ View Post
I think you might get pressurised water or super-heated steam at dangerously high temperatures for PTFE. My conversation with the Safety Manager was in 1986 when he found out that we (chemists/materials people) were intending to use PTFE tape on connections to an autoclave which would hold water at 325'C. None of us were aware of the problem then. I think that most people in industry have picked up on the risks of PTFE by now.
Our autoclave at work definitely has PTFE tape on some of the threaded pipe joints.
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