Athena
Custom Gaskets
For over 50 years, we have been designing and manufacturing tailor-made gaskets for the entire industrial sector. Our solutions are essential to ensure the safe and efficient operation of any mechanical, mechatronic, or electrochemical system.
Our Values
Quality, precision, and innovation are the guiding principles that define us; attention to detail and technological progress make the difference between reliable sealing and critical failure.
Every Athena gasket is born from an integrated vision of product and process, engineered at our headquarters with the support of 3D software, FEM analysis, and extensive laboratory testing.
CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
Co-engineering, your gasket needs
Our approach always begins with listening. Together, we carefully analyze:
• The field of application
• The fluids involved
• Operating pressures and temperatures
• Environmental conditions
• Static and dynamic stresses on the coupled components
From this information, we develop the gasket configuration best suited to ensure high performance, long-term reliability, and full compatibility with the system in which it will be installed.
ANALYSIS
Material selection
Every application requires different properties; this is why choosing the right material is a strategic phase in our process. For high-performance head gaskets, we use the optimal combination of materials and production processes. Premium materials with NBR or FKM coatings form the basis for ensuring stable and consistent sealing, even under critical conditions.
Validation, Prototyping and Industrialization
Every Athena gasket is the result of a structured process: starting from the customer’s technical data, moving through testing and optimization, and culminating in mass production.
1. Customized Design
We design each gasket to measure, starting from the application constraints such as pressures, temperatures, materials, and geometries. The core of our know-how lies in the combination of the material and the sealing profile design.
2. Technical Validation
To ensure project effectiveness, we rely on two complementary tools:
• FEM Analysis – software-based simulations that model gasket behavior under load, providing insights to optimize the design.
• Fuji Paper – physical verification through pressure-sensitive films that highlight contact surface areas, useful for assessing the effectiveness of the sealing profile.
3. Prototyping
With rapid prototyping technologies, we manufacture the first samples for testing and physical validation.
4. Mass Production
The experience gathered in the previous phases allows us to move into serial production with an optimized, validated, and fully industrialized product.
