Predictika · Gasket sheet orders

An AI sales agent's gasket sheet order, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares an order for a Garlock compressed fiber or graphite-fiber gasket sheet with a style, a sheet thickness, the customer's service temperature and pressure, and the pressure-temperature product it states for the service. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the ratings Garlock (an EnPro brand) publishes for these styles and returns a verdict, every reason and the figures it computed.

Scope: Garlock BLUE-GARD 3000, 3200, 3300, 3400 and 3700, IFG 5500, Style 9850 and Style 9900 gasket sheet: maximum and continuous temperature, maximum pressure and the pressure-temperature product by thickness. See everything this validator covers

This validator models orders for eight Garlock gasket sheet styles (BLUE-GARD 3000, 3200, 3300, 3400, 3700, IFG 5500, Style 9850 and Style 9900) in three sheet thicknesses (1/32, 1/16 and 1/8 inch), not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Style ratings — each style has a published maximum temperature (700 F for BLUE-GARD, 800 F for IFG 5500, 900 F for Style 9850, 1,000 F for Style 9900) and maximum pressure (1,000 psig for BLUE-GARD 3000, 1,200 psig for the other BLUE-GARD styles and IFG 5500, 2,000 psig for Styles 9850 and 9900); an order above either is blocked.
  • Pressure-temperature product — service temperature times pressure must not exceed the published limit for the style and thickness (for example 350,000 for BLUE-GARD in 1/32 or 1/16 inch and 250,000 in 1/8 inch; 700,000 and 350,000 for Styles 9850 and 9900); the product the order states must equal temperature times pressure.
  • Consult Garlock Engineering — Garlock advises consulting its engineers near the continuous operating temperature (400 F BLUE-GARD, 550 F IFG 5500, 650 F Styles 9850 and 9900) and at 50 percent of the maximum pressure-temperature product, so an order above either goes to a person rather than being blocked.

Any order for these eight styles that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: prices (Garlock publishes no price list for these sheets, so this validator produces no price build-up or line-item quote), other Garlock styles, media compatibility, minimum temperature, flange type, bolt load and gasket stress, sheet sizes, cut gaskets and other EnPro products. Assumptions: the published ratings are read as limits on the service conditions of one gasket at a time, the pressure-temperature product is pressure in psig times temperature in degrees F, and “approaching” a limit is read as being above it. The model reflects the Garlock manual and product page read in October 2026.

The AI sales agentBuilds the gasket sheet order from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
A pressure-temperature limit that depends on the style and the sheet thicknessOnly with care
Each style and thickness has its own limit, so the table needs a row for each combination and a rule that reads it.		The style, thickness, temperature and pressure are in one request; the limit is looked up and compared on every call.
A maximum temperature and pressure that differ by styleEasy
A numeric limit per style; routine in a product-rules CPQ.		The same rule, checked together with all the others.
A stated product that disagrees with temperature times pressureOnly with workarounds
The product is derived from two other fields; checking a stated figure against it takes extra formulas that interact with the rest of the rules.		The stated product is a field in the request and is compared with the computed product.
Orders that should go to an engineer rather than be blocked or passedOnly with care
A separate approval path with its own thresholds that must not overlap the blocking rules.		Blocks and approvals come back together; approval-only orders are not blocked.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the order is saved or a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1The service temperature of 401 degrees F is above the 400 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
2The service temperature of 700 degrees F is above the 400 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
3The service temperature is 701 degrees F; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 700 degrees F.
4The service temperature of 701 degrees F is above the 400 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
5The service pressure is 1,001 psig; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 1,000 psig.
6The service pressure is 1,201 psig; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 1,200 psig.
7The service pressure is 1,200 psig; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 1,000 psig.
8The pressure-temperature product of 175,350 is above half of the 350,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
9The pressure-temperature product of 350,000 is above half of the 350,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
10The pressure-temperature product of the service is 351,000; the limit for this style and sheet thickness is 350,000.
11The pressure-temperature product of 351,000 is above half of the 350,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
12The pressure-temperature product of 250,000 is above half of the 250,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
13The pressure-temperature product of the service is 260,000; the limit for this style and sheet thickness is 250,000.
14The pressure-temperature product of 260,000 is above half of the 250,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
15The service temperature of 800 degrees F is above the 550 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
16The service temperature is 801 degrees F; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 800 degrees F.
17The service temperature of 801 degrees F is above the 550 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
18The pressure-temperature product of 360,000 is above half of the 400,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
19The pressure-temperature product of 275,000 is above half of the 275,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
20The pressure-temperature product of the service is 275,550; the limit for this style and sheet thickness is 275,000.
21The pressure-temperature product of 275,550 is above half of the 275,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
22The service temperature of 900 degrees F is above the 650 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
23The service temperature is 901 degrees F; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 900 degrees F.
24The service temperature of 901 degrees F is above the 650 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Pressure rating and stated product: A BLUE-GARD 3000 sheet at 1,100 psig with a mistyped pressure-temperature product

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock BLUE-GARD Style 3000 gasket sheet, 1/16 inch thick, for a flange service at 300 degrees F and 1,100 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 33,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Service pressure above the style maximum. The service pressure is 1,100 psig; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 1,000 psig.
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  • Stated pressure-temperature product does not match. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 33,000; temperature times pressure gives 330,000.
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  • Above half the maximum pressure-temperature product. The pressure-temperature product of 330,000 is above half of the 350,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
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2. Pressure rating and stated product: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock Style 9850 gasket sheet, 1/16 inch thick, for a flange service at 300 degrees F and 1,100 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 330,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Service summary. Pressure-temperature product of 330,000; this style is rated to 900 degrees F (650 degrees F continuous), 2,000 psig and a product of 700,000 for the sheet thickness.
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3. Temperature rating: An IFG 5500 sheet in 1/8 inch at 820 degrees F

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock IFG Style 5500 gasket sheet, 1/8 inch thick, for a flange service at 820 degrees F and 250 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 205,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Service temperature above the style maximum. The service temperature is 820 degrees F; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 800 degrees F.
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  • Above the continuous temperature rating. The service temperature of 820 degrees F is above the 550 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
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  • Above half the maximum pressure-temperature product. The pressure-temperature product of 205,000 is above half of the 275,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
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4. Temperature rating: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock IFG Style 5500 gasket sheet, 1/8 inch thick, for a flange service at 600 degrees F and 250 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 150,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Needs approval.

    
    
      
  • Above the continuous temperature rating. The service temperature of 600 degrees F is above the 550 degrees F continuous rating of this style; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
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  • Above half the maximum pressure-temperature product. The pressure-temperature product of 150,000 is above half of the 275,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
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  • Service summary. Pressure-temperature product of 150,000; this style is rated to 800 degrees F (550 degrees F continuous), 1,200 psig and a product of 275,000 for the sheet thickness.
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5. Temperature rating: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock Style 9850 gasket sheet, 1/8 inch thick, for a flange service at 600 degrees F and 250 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 150,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Service summary. Pressure-temperature product of 150,000; this style is rated to 900 degrees F (650 degrees F continuous), 2,000 psig and a product of 350,000 for the sheet thickness.
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6. Second style at high pressure: An IFG 5500 sheet at 1,250 psig with a mistyped pressure-temperature product

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock IFG Style 5500 gasket sheet, 1/16 inch thick, for a flange service at 250 degrees F and 1,250 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 31,250. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Service pressure above the style maximum. The service pressure is 1,250 psig; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 1,200 psig.
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  • Stated pressure-temperature product does not match. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 31,250; temperature times pressure gives 312,500.
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  • Above half the maximum pressure-temperature product. The pressure-temperature product of 312,500 is above half of the 400,000 limit for this style and sheet thickness; Garlock advises consulting Garlock Engineering, so a person should confirm.
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7. Second style at high pressure: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please prepare an order for a Garlock Style 9900 gasket sheet, 1/16 inch thick, for a flange service at 250 degrees F and 1,250 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 312,500. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Service summary. Pressure-temperature product of 312,500; this style is rated to 1,000 degrees F (650 degrees F continuous), 2,000 psig and a product of 700,000 for the sheet thickness.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent prepares an order for a Garlock compressed fiber or graphite-fiber gasket sheet with a style, a sheet thickness. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the ratings Garlock (an EnPro brand) publishes for these styles and returns a verdict, every reason and the figures it computed.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please prepare an order for a Garlock BLUE-GARD Style 3000 gasket sheet, 1/16 inch thick, for a flange service at 300 degrees F and 1,100 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 33,000. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with two findings and one approval, all in one answer. The service pressure is 1,100 psig; the selected style is rated to a maximum of 1,000 psig. The order states a pressure-temperature product of 33,000; temperature times pressure gives 330,000.
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  6. The validator returned two blocking findings and one approval in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for a maximum temperature and pressure that differ by style, a rules-based CPQ is easy.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the gasket sheet style to Style 9850 and the stated pressure-temperature product as to 330000.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. All three earlier findings are cleared, and the validator's figure matches the quote.
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  13. Three problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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