Rubber Seals for Fluid and Hydraulic Systems

A comprehensive guide to the manufacturing and implementation of rubber seals

Chellappa Chandrasekaran (Author)

9780815520757

Hardback, published 9 November 2009

160 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.5 kg

Rubber Seals for Fluid and Hydraulic Systems is a comprehensive guide to the manufacturing and applications of rubber seals, with essential coverage for industry sectors including aviation, oil drilling and the automotive industry.

Fluid leakage costs industry millions of dollars every year. In addition to wasted money, unattended leaks can result in downtime, affect product quality, pollute the environment, and cause injury. Successful sealing involves containment of fluid within a system while excluding the contaminants; the resilience of rubber enables it to be used to achieve these two objectives and create a tight sealing effect. A sound understanding of the complex factors involved in successful fluid sealing is essential for engineers who specify, design, operate and maintain machinery and mechanical equipment.

This book focuses on the characteristics of rubbers as seals, their manufacturing procedures, the implications of their physical and chemical characteristics for the sealing function in the fluid and hydraulic systems, how rubbers seal and prevent leaks, what properties are required for sealing function, and how they change before and after installation.

The chapter on Manufacture of Seals and ‘O’Rings includes approximately 25 workable starting point formulations based on different rubbers, with cure and property data of those formulations as guidelines for technologists and engineers.

1. Introduction2. Rubber Properties for seal functional requirements3. Seals for Radioactive media – Nuclear plants4. Airborne Rubber seals5. Rubber seals for oil field service6. Rubbers chemical and compounding for ‘O’ rings & seals7. Rubber expansion Joints8. Swelling Aspects of Rubber related to seal performance9. Rubber to Metal bonding10. Manufacture of seals & ‘O’ rings11. Storage and service life of rubber seals

Subject Areas: Hydraulic engineering [TNF], Materials science [TGM], Rubber technology [TDCR]