Spring energized PTFE seal / spring energized seal

High P:V (pressure:velocity) seals used on rod, piston, face and rotary sealing applications. PTFE “jacket” material provides sealing contact, with an integrated metal spring providing constant load to the sealing point. Utilizing a variety of jacket profiles, PTFE compounds, spring types, and lip configurations, these seals can be designed to meet the requirements of the most demanding seal environments.

Special Applications

Optimizable for wide variety of vacuum, cryogenic, nuclear, low friction, high speed, or ultra low breakout friction applications. Typically single use.

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Filtration

Outsource seal design to the specialists

The Vice President of Engineering with an OEM of aftermarket fuel filters was behind schedule on a major product release. He acknowledged his team’s core competency did not include seal design, and 3..

Data Sheets

VMQ Material Compound #5012

Darcoid VMQ (Silicone) Material Compound Data Sheet #5012. Original test data stored in the Darcoid Compound Database. This material is available to run in our manufacturing partner plant in N..

Life Sciences and Medical Devices

Non-conforming seal risks Phase 4..

A well-known known manufacturer of diesel filters in the heavy-duty truck market was launching a new program. The failure of seal prototypes put a potential three month delay into the project. As a..