O-rings
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October 20, 2023
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
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October 11, 2023
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Distributor and is 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 Blog.
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September 15, 2023
Gallagher Fluid Seals is a Parker Distributor and is 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
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August 03, 2023
DIN 3771 O-Ring Sizing Guide
Gallagher Fluid Seals has published our newest sizing guide, the DIN 3771 O-Ring sizing chart.
Standards such as AS568, BS 1806, DIN 3771, JIS B2401, NF T47-501, and SMS 1586 were developed by national standards organizations to satisfy the needs of their national industries.
The DIN 3771 o-ring standard is issued by The German Institute for Standards (Duetsches Institut für Normung). This standard identifies O-Ring sizes by the Inner Diameter x Cross
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June 14, 2023
What is the ZAVA® Seal Ring? Reduce Your Equipment Downtime from Seal Changes by Up to 90%
The ZAVA® Seal Ring is a split O-ring or V-ring with a patented Quick‑Lock solution that locks in minutes. Once the rubber ring is locked in place using the quick-connect coupling, it is impossible to separate.
The Quick-Lock consists of a sleeve and a pin which is locked by pushing the pin into the sleeve and pressing it together. It is made of acid-proof stainless steel (SS 2343).
Benefits
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April 26, 2023
Peroxidic-Crosslinked FKM Approved for USP Chapter 87
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies' peroxidic-crosslinked fluoroelastomer material 75 FKM 239961 now also has received pharma-specific approval according to USP Chapter 87. The result of the in vitro conformity test confirms that the material has no toxic effects on cell cultures. With this advancement, bisphenol crosslinked FKM materials can be replaced in the food industry. The immediately available high-performance material is very resistant
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March 09, 2023
The PTFE Seal Challenge
The filling line at Dow AgroSciences plant in Drusenheim, France - a global leader in pest management and biotechnology products - processes aggressive solvents, surfactants and concentrated herbicides at temperatures ranging from 10 to 45 °C, and pressures from 1.5 to 3.5 bars Eff. Filling machine valves on the line were fitted with dynamic PTFE O-rings, while the machine hoses were equipped with static O-rings, also of PTFE
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February 07, 2023
Quad-Ring vs O-Rings - What makes them better?
The O-ring is a doughnut-shaped circular cross section seal that can be used nearly anywhere in the sealing industry. The Quad-Ring™, a 100% retrofit option for any O-ring application, can and will outperform an O-ring in many technical areas.
The Quad-Ring™ has four definitive sealing advantages over an O-Ring:
- Hidden parting lines, or flash lines.
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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.
