HOUSTON—Trelleborg Sealing Solutions recently launched XploR S-Seal and XploR FS-Seal, extrusion-resistant elastomers the company developed for demanding high temperature and high-pressure sealing ...
O-ring sealing systems are ubiquitous in oil/gas field applications and have been extensively tested. The general relationships between O-ring designs and their performances are well known; however, O ...
• The lateral compliance of a gasket (proportional to its thickness and, inversely proportional to the area and shear modulus) can be helpful in preventing fretting caused by vibration. Alternatively, ...