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Metaloflex™-metal layer cylinder-head gaskets
In modern petrol and diesel engines in passenger cars, transporters and commercial vehicles, as well as in electric vehicles with range extenders, Metaloflex™ metal layer cylinder-head gaskets show what they are made of. Engine downsizing, lightweight constructions, selective cylinder switch-off and hybrid technology result in reduced wall thicknesses, a lower stiffness of the components, higher temperatures and increasing ignition pressures, which require highly efficient, tailored sealing concepts.
Deformation limiter for maximum functional reliability
With the metal layer sealing system, the engine components are flexibly pre-tensioned around the combustion chamber via a deformation limiter (stopper). This reduces the sealing gap vibrations caused by the ignition pressure and also prevents excessive deformation of the full beads. ElringKlinger offers all technologies for deformation limiters: stamped stoppers, where we differentiate between stamps in the function layers (meanders, dimples) and in the carrier plate (diamond shapes). There are also laser-welded stoppers, folded over stopper layers and segment stoppers.
