Rotary Thermoplastic Seals-Application failures-Leakage without failure mode

Failure mode

no failure mode, but leakage occurs

Failure cause

loss of contact pressure / recovery performance of seal due to low temperature

reduces recovery performance of seal material

wrong installation direction of seal

Remedial measures

use of low temperature flexible seal material

use of more elastic material

prevent concentricity failures of hardware components

take care on effective side of seal at installation

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