Author Sealing & Shielding Team
When designing a gland in which an O-ring or elastomeric seal is
the desired sealing component, there are several aspects that need
to be considered. A perfectly designed seal with the right
material,...
Posted On 02/23/2021
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
In 1933, Kenworth Motor Truck Co. became the first American truck
manufacturer to introduce the Cummins 4 cylinder, 100 hp, HA4 model
diesel engine as standard equipment. By 1938 the first...
Posted On 01/08/2021
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Clean energy consultancy Gladstein, Neandross and Associates, in
its recent report on sustainable fleets¹, predicts another decade
of diesel-powered heavy trucks leading long-haul. Diesel...
Posted On 01/07/2021
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
The popularity of electric and zero-emissions vehicles is growing
substantially, although their share of the overall automobile
market remains relatively small. Automobile manufacturers are
spending...
Posted On 01/06/2021
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Fluids play a critical role in sustaining life. Keeping animals and
humans hydrated and helping plants grow are obvious ways. Less
obvious ways include moving cargo around the world and...
Posted On 12/16/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
As well as pharmaceutical production based on complex organic
molecules, manufacturing of advanced biologic drugs and vaccines
must ensure that in-process contamination risks are mitigated...
Posted On 09/21/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Clipper® Oil Seals are one of the Parker Engineered Polymer Systems
(EPS) Division's most widely used rotary seal products. They are an
effective solution – especially when used as direct...
Posted On 07/22/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Heavy duty equipment moves industry forward in all climates, from
the sunny Caribbean to icy Greenland. Effective, reliable sealing
is what allows hydraulic systems in heavy duty equipment to do
work,...
Posted On 06/25/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
There are 400+ standard O-ring sizes, so which is the right one for
an application? Or maybe you are wondering if one O-ring
thickness is better than another. This question is posed to us
several...
Posted On 05/20/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
In the rush to massively increase the number of ventilators
available to treat patients with severe cases of Covid-19, using
the correct seal materials for those ventilators should never take
a back...
Posted On 04/30/2020
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Author Parker Global Team
Today, the demand for life-saving ventilators is challenging
medical equipment manufacturers’ production capacity and supply
chains around the world to perform at levels well beyond...
Posted On 04/07/2020
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Author Parker Global Team
For medical device manufacturers, it is now more important than
ever to operate at the highest capacity in order to increase the
supply of essential equipment used for patient care.
COVID-19 is...
Posted On 04/07/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Parts 1 and 2 of this series discussed the theory behind CSR
testing and what to look for in a CSR result curve. This 3rd
and final section will focus on how to use CSR data and apply it to
real...
Posted On 03/26/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
In Part 1 of this series, the theory behind Compressive Stress
Relaxation (CSR) testing was discussed, as well as a brief
discussion of the fixtures used to measure it. In Part 2, we
will explore what...
Posted On 03/19/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Compressive Stress Relaxation (CSR) is a means of estimating the
service life of a rubber seal over an extended period of
time. As such, it can be thought of as the big brother of
compression set...
Posted On 03/12/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
As mentioned in part one of our seal failure blog series, O-ring
and seal failures are often due to a combination of failure
modes, making root cause difficult to uncover. It's important to
gather...
Posted On 03/05/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
So, you’ve unboxed the shiny new Parker seals you ordered –
now what? Installing seals for the first time can be
challenging without the right know-how and tools. In this article
we’ll discuss best...
Posted On 02/24/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
There are many situations where an O-Ring may not last as long as
one thinks that it should. When the expectation is realistic and
yet the seal fails earlier than expected, the...
Posted On 02/05/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
When classic sealing materials – for instance in temperature ranges
above 300°C and below -50°C – reach their limits alternative
materials are required such as metal with appropriate
coating/plating....
Posted On 01/21/2020
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Author Sealing & Shielding Team
Most pharmaceutical manufacturers produce drugs in large vats of
living cell cultures. For the production of these drugs, it is
extremely important to ensure that these cell cultures are not
exposed...
Posted On 01/16/2020
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