O-rings are available in a wide range of sizes, hardnesses and colours. It is vital to understand what all three factors mean and how they affect applications, equipment and processes. O-rings are available in a variety of colours, as each colour has a secret meaning. The colour can indicate the typ…
Oil seals are known by many names such as shaft seals, dirt seals, grease seals, lip seals and many other variants of these. They are essentially simple devices used in rotating shaft equipment to prevent lubricants from escaping and to remove contaminants such as dust, dirt and water. The most impo…
A rubber gasket is an elastic element used to mechanically seal small gaps between two mating surfaces or joints. Examples of these surfaces include the flange faces of pipes and fittings, the mating surfaces of automotive cylinder heads and engine blocks, fuel tank edges and covers, door edges, fra…
You can have the most innovative and high-tech equipment, but if you don't install the right O-ring, it can become useless. The importance of selecting the right O-ring for any application should never be underestimated, as the right size and material selection can be the difference between start-up…
