The Flaretite Seal is a stainless steel stamping, designed with multiple concentric rings. The entire seal is impregnated with a baked –on Locktite coating.

Evolving higher pressure and more demanding duty cycle hydraulic systems exposed the metal to metal flare sealing face weakness of flared fittings making it very difficult to obtain a permanent leak free flared type fitting joint. It has become the norm to expect a flared fitting to leak from misaligned flare fittings, during forging, flared surface damage and scratches or leakage caused by vibration in the field.

When the Flaretite Seal is inserted into a flared fitting joint the concentric rings form multiple seals down the face of the flare and the Locktite coating fills minor imperfections. The sealing rings prevent environmental contamination and aggressive cleaning solvents from attacking the seal face and also protect the face from fretting, galling, over tightening and electrolysis. Unlike ORFS fittings Flaretite Seals will not em-brittle, harden & fail like o-rings do.  Flaretite Seals will not fail in a fire like o-rings, this prevents atomized oil from fueling combustion.

The Flaretite Seal has been independently tested by Eaton’s Aeroquip hose & fittings division to one million high pressure square wave pulse cycles on badly scored JIC flared fitting faces without failure.

The Flaretite Seal easily installs by simply clipping over the male flare section of a fitting and makes the Flaretite Seal the single best choice “compliant seal” flared type fitting for a permanent leak free fix.