The Direct Answer: Silicone or Rubber for Your O-ring? A brake-system buyer once asked us to swap every silicone O-ring on a bearing assembly for "the best rubber" after a distributor told them sili...
What a New Sealing Ring Design Actually Fixes A new sealing ring is not just a fresh piece of rubber or PTFE cut to the same old dimensions. The short answer: a properly specified sealing ring stops ...
The Core Difference Between Static and Dynamic Seals The difference between static and dynamic seals comes down to motion. A static seal blocks leakage between two surfaces that do not move relative ...
A dynamic seal is a sealing component designed to maintain a barrier against fluid or gas leakage while one of the two surfaces it seals against is in continuous relative motion, such as rotation, re...