Part 5 - Basics of O-Rings - Intro to Failure Modes
We are excited to present to you part 5 of our O-ring webinar series. For this portion, Benjamin Mell, GFS Application Engineer and Regional Sales Manager, introduces you to O-ring failure modes. Ben will give a general overview of how and why an O-ring might fail, and how you can determine which kind of failure mode the seal experienced.
Then, Ben will dive into the first two O-ring Failure modes. He will review the characteristics of each kind of failure mode, diagnostic methods for determining whether an O-ring failed because of that specific failure mode, and methods to design a better O-ring that will not fail in the same manner.
Part 5's full agenda is below:
1. Introduction to O-Ring Failure Modes
2. Why an O-ring Fails Prematurely
3. Compression Set
- Compression Set Failure Analysis
- Compression Set Prevention/Correction
- Compression Set Failure Identification
4. Extrusion and Nibbling
- Extrusion and Nibbling Failure Analysis
- Extrusion and Nibbling Prevention/Correction
- Identifying Extrusion & Nibbling Failure
Watch Part 5 of our video webinar O-ring series on O-Ring Failure Analysis:
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