Elastomers
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August 29, 2023
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)”.
Article re-posted with permission from Parker Hannifin Sealing & Shielding Team.
Original content can be found on Parker’s Website
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August 18, 2023
The world has entered a pivotal moment in water treatment, and the challenges continue to worsen as municipalities grapple with the risk of encountering premature failure in elastomeric gaskets. Such a risk brings up several problems, including reduced efficiency, sudden equipment failure, costly maintenance and downtime, and perhaps worst of all — contamination.
Prior to 2013, gasketing products were not subject to the NSF61 (Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects) standard, leaving
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May 17, 2023
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)”.
Improving seal retention and reducing costs
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February 16, 2023
High-Pressure, High Eccentricity Seal Solution Demonstrates 50% Improvement
On pressure and side-load performance of a fluid application
Recently, a customer was having difficulty with a seal failure on a fluid power application. The high-pressure, high-eccentricity seal operates in conditions up to 200,000 pv at 3000 psi and could not exceed maximum shaft deflection of 0.005″.
Unitized seals for input and output pinions in gear boxes, axle wheel ends, and trunnion
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January 24, 2023
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and Sealing
Every year, approximately 1 in 6 people in the U.S. get sick (~48 million people), 100,000+ are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses or diseases, according to data from the CDC. Though this is largely a preventable problem, it still poses a significant public health burden.
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), enacted by Congress in 2011, is "transforming the nation’s food safety system by shifting
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January 20, 2023
Tech Bulletin: How to Read an ASTM D2000 Standard Callout
Here at Gallagher, our engineering team loves to help customers with their technical and application challenges.
If you are new to the sealing industry, returning after a hiatus, or just haven't needed to be in-the-know with ASTM D2000, it can be a confusing concept. That's why we put together this handy 2-page tech bulletin to give you everything you need to know about how to interpret your own ASTM D2000 callout.
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December 02, 2022
New GFS Tech Bulletins Now Available
Common O-Ring Elastomer Properties "Cheat Sheet"
While there are dozens of unique elastomers used for specific applications throughout the world, this GFS "elastomer cheat sheet" discusses the properties of the most common types of o-ring elastomers. If your equipment or product uses o-rings, it more-than-likely contains one of these nine elastomer types.
Learn about:
- Thermal properties of the nine most common o-ring
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October 14, 2022
O-Ring Failure Modes Tech Bulletin Now Available
Failure modes are the ways, or modes, in which something might fail. O-ring failure modes that contribute to equipment failure cost the customer time and money. A premature O-ring failure in service is often due to a combination of root causes and not merely a single failure mode.
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March 23, 2022
Natural Rubber Short Supply
Plagued by global supply chain issues stemming from coronavirus and environmental issues, the natural rubber shortage continues to be exasperated by the war in Ukraine and Russia.
In 2021, shortages were reported mainly due to flooding and leaf disease. A poor crop led to a decrease in the cultivation of these highly desirable trees. The supply for raw gum already was expected to remain tight for several years due to the 7-year maturity period
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February 24, 2022
components their machines need in order to operate and produce their desired end product. The ways that tooling impacts a manufacturing operation are imperative. Not only is the tooling of your own manufacturing important, but also of the tools themselves that will be a part of your own operation. It’s necessary to have components that have been tooled to specifications, have high quality, and will perform under stress.
Potential Effects of Tooling
The end result of your
