ptfe rotary lip seals
- March 10, 2016
Over the past few weeks, we’ve gone into a lot of detail about how PTFE rotary lip seals work.
Today we’ll offer up a short glossary of some of the terms used when discussing these seals. We'll also break down some of the factors affecting PTFE rotary lip seal design.
- January 12, 2016
PTFE resin was discovered in 1938, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that it gained notice as a possible rotary lip seal material. However, PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) seals fell out of favor in the 1950s and 1960s, as they were shown to be unreliable performers in a number of applications.
In more recent decades, there has been significant progress in the areas of PTFE lip seal design and material processing.
