Due to their efficiency, lightness and reliability, together with extreme qualities of leak tightness, the G-Range pipe connection offers significant benefits for use in industrial plant in a wide variety of applications. Although designed primarily for adverse pressure and temperature conditions, more modest applications can be considered due to ease-of-installation and assembly, particularly when compared with the alignment and tightening of standard flanges.

The G-Range pipe connection comprises: a pair of hubs for welding to the pipe (similar to a flange); a clamp set, which can be rotated around the hubs to suit the most practical positions; and a seal ring.

The seal ring is a modified cone ring giving excellent leak tightness properties under the most severe conditions of pressure and/or thermal shock.

On assembly the taper joint faces compress the seal ring radially. The sealing force is provided by the stored energy in the stressed seal ring, any internal pressure intensifies the sealing action.

Destec Engineering Limited

Destec was formed in 1969, by the present owners of the company, and it has remained a Private Limited Company ever since.  In over 50 years of trading the company has developed both products and services to industry, particularly where design and supply is concerned, with ‘High Pressure Containment’ and ‘On-Site Machining’ being the specialist lines.

The management of the company had previously (1959 – 1969) been substantially involved in the design, manufacture, sales and marketing of ‘Ruston-Grayloc’ clamp-type pipe connectors and seals. From 1969 – 1972 Destec Engineering was engaged by Gray Tool Co. (Grayloc), to continue with all aspects of the high pressure pipe connector market, on its behalf.

Since 1969 Destec have been committed to the design and manufacture of portable machine tools, partly for installation and servicing of company products, and also as a general On-Site Machining Service. Destec now have a most versatile and very wide range of in-house designed and manufactured portable machine tools that can undertake most machine shop operations on-site, on a world wide basis.