The O-Ring gland (also known as O-Ring groove) is a very important design feature for anufacturing both efficient and cost-effective O-Rings.
The most important consideration for gland design is that it allows for proper and complete compression between the groove and the mating surface. While the shape of the O-Ring relies and depends on the application, shape is generally unimportant. The groove can be a variety of shapes; anything from triangular, rectangular, or dovetail.
Metric O-Rings Are Now Available for Online Purchase
O-rings are the most common sealing product in the world; utilized across all types of sealing applications and industries. At its core, an O-ring is a circular sealing element with a circular cross section. Used effectively, an O-ring can seal practically all fluid, both liquid and gas. The wide range of potential liquids and gases that need to be sealed has necessitated the development of a wide range of materials.
GFS O-rings are manufactured in accordance with metric and imperial standards, such as: AS568, DIN, ISO 3601 and JIS. Additionally, O-rings can be manufactured to custom sizes upon request. Below are some of the most popular metric O-ring materials and durometers.
The Importance of Sealing Your Valves - Brewery Edition
You've probably seen the video. A Minnesota brewery worker had an unexpected surprise when a stream of beer exploded out of a brewery container, sending him flying backwards. Brendan Babcock, a brewer at Back Channel Brewing Co., was checking a brewery container in January when ale suddenly shot out of a tank valve.
The stream pushed him backwards, sending him barrelling to the floor, where he landed on his back. Babcock leapt
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Distributor is proud to be proud to be one of the few premier distributors to qualify as a “Parker Seal Technology Center (STC)”.
An O-ring seal is a circular cross-section ring molded from rubber, used to prevent the loss of a fluid or gas in a gland. It is the most basic, and at the same time to the most widely used type of seal available since its invention in 1936 by Niels Christensen.
For more than 65 years, the Parker O-Ring Handbook has been an engineering staple of the sealing industry.
.... and now you can download it for free.
In 2015, Parker Hannifin Corporation launched an interactive digital reference guide to enhance and broaden the customer reach of the existing Parker O-Ring Handbook, the Parker O-Ring eHandbook.
“I’m constantly amazed and honored at how often I run across it in unexpected places,” says Dan Ewing, senior chemical engineer and materials manager at Parker's O-Ring division, “I've come to expect to see a well-used copy sitting on a customer's desk, but I'm pleasantly surprised when I find it cited in academic papers, referenced in reports written by government agencies and discussed in industry association meetings.”
The O-Ring gland (also known as O-Ring groove) is a very important design feature for anufacturing both efficient and cost-effective O-Rings.
The most important consideration for gland design is that it allows for proper and complete compression between the groove and the mating surface. While the shape of the O-Ring relies and depends on the application, shape is generally unimportant. The groove can be a variety of shapes; anything from triangular, rectangular, or dovetail.
As we mentioned in our messaging earlier this year, DuPont was in the final stages of opening a new Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer parts manufacturing facility at their Tralee Park Annex site in Newark, Delaware.
We are happy to announce that the new facility is completed and running at full capacity.
O-rings are a critical component of equipment, machinery, and a variety of other applications. Shaped like a donut, the O-Ring can plays a significant role in industries across the globe. Most often, they are made from elastomers. They are designed to prevent fluid and gas from leaking around mating surfaces. Leakage on mating surfaces can cause serious damage and disrupt machining processes. That's why O-Rings are vitally important as they can effectively prevent this from happening. O-Rings can be made using a variety of different manufacturing processes, as you can see below.
Four Common Ways O-Rings are Manufactured
O-rings are an integral part of many applications as they are vital in maintaining the function and purpose of them.
Compression Molding (Transfer Molding): Compression molding is a highly efficient and cost effective technique.
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Distributor is proud to be proud to be one of the few premier distributors to qualify as a “Parker Seal Technology Center (STC)”.
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Distributor is proud to be proud to be one of the few premier distributors to qualify as a “Parker Seal Technology Center (STC)”.
Silicone Material and Processing for Life Sciences
This is the last of a three-part article series about silicone processing operations for life science applications. In the first article, we shared the versatility and unique qualities of silicone as the medical device material of choice. In part two, we covered the different methods of manufacture for medical silicone components and devices. This article discusses how design for manufacturability (DFM) aids in selecting the right manufacturing process for your medical device application.
As a full-service solutions provider, Parker CSS Division’s Life Science Business Unit provides design for manufacturability services and offers highly responsive assembly and testing of medical instrumentation — from simple electromechanical devices