A seal including a first metal component; a second metal component couplable with the first metal component; and a shape memory alloy having a first state and a second state, the first state and the second state being different in at least one dimension, wherein in response to an external stimulus, the shape memory alloy transitions in one or more dimension from the first state to the second state thereby forming at least one metal-to-metal seal.

Provided is a seal material having high rigidity without deformation or breakage, excellent corrosion resistance to fluid, and low solubility when used under high sealing force, and to provide a flow cell, a detector, and an analyzer in which there is no fluid leakage, contamination of the seal material components is prevented, and the replacement frequency is low. Provided are a seal material for an analyzer, including a resin and at least one layer of fiber sheet embedded in the resin, wherein the at least one layer of fiber sheet is embedded between and in substantially parallel to two seal surfaces: a first seal surface, which is one resin surface of the seal material; and a second seal surface, which is the other resin surface substantially parallel to the former one, and a flow cell, a detector, and an analyzer using the seal material.

Sealing arrangements and turbomachines are provided. A sealing arrangement includes a transition duct having an upstream end and a downstream end. The transition duct includes an aft frame that circumferentially surrounds the downstream end of the transition duct. A stage one nozzle is spaced apart from the aft frame and defines a gap therebetween. A sealing assembly extends across the gap and is magnetically coupled to both the aft frame and the stage one nozzle. The sealing assembly includes a first magnet coupled to the aft frame and a second magnet coupled to the stage one nozzle. The sealing assembly further includes a shell that is coupled to and at least partially surrounds the first magnet and the second magnet.

A turbine system including a sealing component is presented. The sealing component is positioned in a gap between adjacent turbine components of the turbine system. The sealing component includes a metallic shim including a high-temperature-resistant alloy in a single crystal form. A turbine shroud assembly including the sealing component is also presented.

Swellable metal sealing elements and methods for forming a seal in a wellbore using said swellable metal sealing elements. An example method comprises providing a swellable metal sealing element selected from the group consisting of an O-ring, a gasket, or a seal stack; wherein the swellable metal sealing element is disposed in or around a downhole tool disposed in the wellbore. The method further comprises exposing the swellable metal sealing element to a brine and allowing or causing to allow the swellable metal sealing element to swell.

Systems and methods include providing an annular bimetallic seal for an assembly. The bimetallic seal includes a first sealing component formed from a first material, a second sealing component formed from a second material that is different than the first material, and a joint formed between the first sealing component and the second sealing component. The bimetallic seal is configured to form a radial seal between a first assembly component and a second assembly component formed from dissimilar metallic materials. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the first material and the second material are configured maintain the radial seal at extreme operating temperatures between the dissimilar metallic materials of the components of the assembly.

A metal gasket includes: a metal gasket body having, in the outer circumferential surface thereof, a recessed circumferential groove; and an elastic body. An elastic body is inserted into the circumferential groove of the gasket body; in a vertical cross-section of the metal gasket, an arc-shaped upper seal surface having an upward-facing bulge is formed on the top surface of the gasket body which contacts a material to be sealed, and an arc-shaped lower seal surface having a downward-facing bulge is formed on the bottom surface of the gasket body which contacts the material to be sealed; and an upper flat surface or an upper notched section is provided to the upper seal surface, and a lower flat surface or a lower notched section is provided to the lower seal surface.

A water-resistant watch case of a diving watch, includes at least one back mounted on a lower side of a middle part, and a crystal mounted with a fastening gasket on an upper side of the middle part. The back includes an annular bearing surface for coming into contact with an inner annular surface of the middle part of a shape complementary to the bearing surface during mounting of the back on the middle part. The annular bearing surface and the inner annular surface are inclined towards the inside of the watch case at a determined angle less than 90° relative to a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the watch case so as to distribute stresses between the back and the middle part due to the water pressure during a dive. The annular bearing surface and the inner annular surface are conical in shape.

A soluble metal sealing ring with a controllable dissolution rate and preparation process thereof include an aluminum alloy sealing ring matrix and a composite coating coated on an outer surface of the aluminum alloy sealing ring matrix whose standard electrode potential is greater than -0.3 volts (V). The preparation process includes: (1) preparing a high-plastic aluminum alloy; (2) preparing the aluminum alloy sealing ring matrix by machining; (3) annealing the aluminum alloy sealing ring matrix; (4) mixing raw materials of the composite coating evenly; (5) preparing the composite coating on an outer surface of the aluminum alloy sealing ring matrix; (6) preparing holes. The soluble metal sealing ring solves problem that good sealing performance and good dissolving performance are difficult to obtain simultaneously in the existing product, and has advantages of good sealing performance, controllable dissolving rate, no blockage and others.

A ring-shaped gasket for making high-purity fluid pathway connections between opposing fluid delivery apparatus elements having at least one simple flat surface in contact with the gasket. The face of at least one apparatus element typically has a circular counterbore depression to receive the gasket, but is not required. The gasket has a body, pierced through by a hole creating a fluid pathway and defining a radial inner surface, and additionally having a radial outer surface, a first axial end surface and a second axial end surface. At least one of the first and second axial end surfaces has a stress concentration feature radially adjacent to a gasket sealing region, the sealing region constructed to be in contact with a face surface of a corresponding fluid conduit port. The stress concentration feature may be a groove or a plurality of cavities disposed adjacent the gasket axial end surface sealing region.