Fluid Power – Mobility Hydraulics

Seal innovation drives model year refresh

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Industry Fluid Power – Mobility Hydraulics
Material Used AU Urethane
Seal Type U-Cup
Problem solved Technical

The Situation

A leading manufacturer of bike suspension components needed a performance refresh on an existing product line. Chatter and sticking of an internal independent floating piston component was identified a gating item for overall product performance.  The current design was a complex 3 pc subassembly creating a manufacturing bottleneck.

 

The Ask

We were tasked to innovate and propose a design to:

  • Improve air:oil sealing
  • Reduce breakout and running friction
  • Reduce BOM count from 3 to 1 component
 

The Solution

A double lip seal with axial stabilization features, comprising a single-piece component molded from high-performance friction modified urethane.

 

The Success

Our customer was able to release a product refresh featuring winning performance differentiation.

The single-piece design yielded >85% savings in BOM cost and assembly time.

Ongoing predictable seal performance is assured regardless of influences inside and outside the supply chain using Seal Performance Creep controls

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Fluid Power – Mobility Hydraulics
AU Urethane
U-Cup
Technical