General Service Packings
Palmetto manufactures compression seal packing used to seal pumps and valves.
Palmetto is located in the USA, and our parent company, Greene, Tweed & Co., has a warehouse in Europe.
To reduce shipping lead time, Palmetto will inventory and ship packing materials from our European warehouse, in the styles, sizes, and quantities requested by our European customers.
Packing sizes range from 1/8" (3.175mm) to 1-1/2" (38.1mm).
We generally sell our packing in the following quantities:
1 pound (.45 kg) spool/box
5 pounds (2.3 kg) spool/box
10 pounds (4.5 kg) spool/box
25 pounds (11.3 kg) plastic reel
50 pounds (22.7 kg) plastic reel
European customers can order per kg, e.g., 2 kg or 5 kg boxes, or 10 kg reels.
When ordering by meter, our 8-meter length is popular.
The following link provides a cross-reference guide by manufacturer product: Cross-Reference Guide
Please email Palmetto at palmetto@gtweed.com to learn more about our packing products.
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Material | Style | Application | Description | Photo | |
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Flax-Ramie | 1600 | General Service (marine, economical) | Flax-Ramie with talo wax lubricant | ||
Flax w/ PTFE | 1613 | General Service (marine, economical) | Flax with PTFE coating | ||
Acrylic / Graphite | 1007AF | General Service (economical) | Acrylic with graphite & lubricant | ||
Acrylic / PTFE / Aramid corners | 1340 | General Service (economical) | White Acrylic with PTFE & lubricant & Aramid corners | ||
Acrylic / PTFE | 1347AF | General Service (economical) | White Acrylic with PTFE & lubricant | ||
Novoloid / Aramid | 1030AF | General Service | Novoloid / Aramid with graphite | ||
Novoloid / Aramid | 1392H | General Service | Novoloid / Aramid with PTFE | ||
Novoloid / Aramid | 1392S | General Service | Novoloid / Aramid with PTFE & lubricant | ||
Novoloid / Aramid | 1397 | General Service | Novoloid / Aramid with PTFE (yarn pre-coated, softer than 1392S) | ||
ePTFE Graphite | 1382 | General Service+ | ePTFE Graphite with added lubrication. Good value and all-around packing | ||
"Dry" PTFE Graphite | 1387 | General Service | Packing with no added lubrication made from GORE® G2 Fiber | ||
ePTFE Graphite | 1389 GFO® | General Service+ | 100% GFO® packing One of the best packings on the market and often imitated around the world. Recommended for most industrial applications unless high temperature (over 550F / 288C), need white packing or very abrasive slurry. |
Slurry / Abrasive Packings
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White PTFE Packings
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Material | Style | Application | Description | Photo |
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PTFE | 1367C | PTFE for higher speed shafts | White PTFE with talc & silicone lubricant | |
PTFE | 1367S | Chemical compatibility 0-14 pH | White PTFE with lubricant | |
PTFE | 1367FS | White, non-contaminating, used in food and pharma applications | White PTFE with mineral oil lubricant | |
PTFE | 1367H | Valves (non-steam) or dry powder applications in slow moving equipment like mixers | White PTFE with no lubricant |
High Temperature Packings
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Pac-King Injectible Packing
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