Plant celebrates 40 years producing O-rings

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 60 KB
• Volume: 2008
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1350-4789
• DOI: 10.1016/s1350-4789(08)70470-7

✦ Synopsis

Sealing Technology 5 from seal erosion and compression set caused seal issues in IMD and STI processes. The scheduled maintenance cycle was 90 days but premature sealing issues occurred within 30-60 days. The incumbent O-ring performance issues were related to mechanical as well as chemical attack with plasma erosion. By using Kalrez 9100 parts the 30-day planned maintenance period has been extended to 180 days, depending on seal location. Increased equipment availability has increased production capacity by more than 20%.