The Seal Man’s O-Ring HandBook

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Overview of Book :

An O-Ring is a torus, or doughnut-shaped object, generally made from an elastomer.O-Rings can also be made in PTFE and other plastic materials, and in metals, both hol- low and solid. They are used primarily for sealing. Another use is for light duty drive belts. 

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An O-Ring seal is a means for closing off a passageway preventing an unwanted escape or loss of fluid. The seal consists of an O-Ring installed in a gland and is exactly that a circular run in which the elastomeric material has a section that is virtually circle. The gland is the cavity into which the O-Ring is placed. The combination of these two elements comprises an O-Ring seal.

List of Contents :

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1. How To Achieve Optimum O-Ring Performance 

2. O-Ring Characteristics 

3. O-Ring Limitations 

4. Major Dynamic Sealing Problems 

5. Conformability 

6. Why O-Rings Fail 

7. O-Ring Failure Analysis 

8. The Top Four Causes of Hydraulic Cylinder Seal Failure 

9. O-Ring Materials 

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