Article re-posted with permission from Parker Hannifin Sealing & Shielding Team. Original content can be found on Parker’s Blog.
Installing an O-ring in a face seal gland is among the easiest of all installations. However, that doesn't mean that there's not potential for errors. Watch the video below from Parker to learn how to install an o-ring properly on a face seal gland.
Thordon is the world leader in grease and oil-free bearing solutions, and now they have a mechanical face seal as part of their product offering: Thordon TG100.
With the Thordon TG100 propeller shaft seals, workboats no longer have to put up with the maintenance hassles and shaft wear commonly experienced with stuffing boxes. Stuffing boxes often cause excessive shaft wear and are not considered a reliable solution in emergency situations.
Gaskets are often an afterthought when it comes to the well-being of a plant or process, as their cost is often negligible in the grand scheme of things.
Gallagher Fluid Seals stocks soft gasketing material from various manufacturers in many different thicknesses. Read on to better understand how to choose the correct gasketing material for your specific application.
To discuss soft gasketing, we must also understand the forces at work within a bolted joint flange assembly, also known as a BJFA. This understanding is important as these forces affect how a soft gasket performs and how long it lasts.
Seals are the most crucial element of a fluid power system, and the engineers at Gallagher have spent more than 60 years cultivating their fluid power sealing skills.
Fluid power seals need to be able to survive higher pressures and more extreme conditions, while having to seal against evolving fluids.
In valve jet printing, a series of inline jets are controlled by valves. These open and shut independently to produce streams of intermittent ink droplets. As the product passes the printhead, these droplets create characters and/or graphics based on grid information.
After each printing run, the printheads are washed by strong solvents or special chemicals to remove all inkjet materials from the printhead. With such aggressive media in the process, Kalrez® is an obvious material choice.
Keep reading to learn more about Kalrez sealing valves.
Customers often come to Gallagher Fluid Seals with the need for very short lead times for a seal.
Whether it is a piece of equipment that is down or a need for quick prototypes, Gallagher can assist you in developing the required seal profile and material for your application. We can have parts in your hands within 24 hours if necessary.
Our work is made possibly by the help of valued partners such as Freudenberg Sealing Technologies.
Watch the video above to learn more about the capabilities of Freudenberg Xpress cell.
For more than 40 years, Thordon has provided a line of bearings products that are capable of carrying the operating loads found in all kinds of demanding applications, yet are flexible enough to resist wear due to 3rd party particle abrasion.
Thordon PT80 Fluid Bearings are the newest polymer material to join the company's elastomer bearing family, developed to provide an increased operating temperature limit of 176°F (80°C), while maintaining similar mechanical properties to the existing Thordon elastomer grades.