[Video] Rotary Seals Intro | How They Work | Applications | Components

INTRODUCTION TO PTFE ROTARY SEALS

How Rotary Seals work, Applications, Components, Shaft Recommendations, and Housing Recommendations

GFS is excited to bring you the newest video webinar series, this time covering Rotary Seals. In this first video, we will cover the basics of PTFE rotary seals. We'll talk about what they are, how they work, common applications, the components of a rotary seal, and various recommendations (lubrication, shaft, and housing).

The full agenda can be seen below.

0:32 What are Rotary Shaft Seals? An introduction
1:55 Applications for Rotary Seals
2:54 How do Rotary Seals work?
4:48 Components of a Rotary Seal
6:37 Lubrication considerations for Rotary Seals
8:17 Shaft considerations for Rotary Seals
9:09 Housing / Bore Considerations for Rotary Seals
10:25 Other Considerations, such as: shaft tolerances, shaft speed, shaft to bore misalignment