Shaft Seals for Dynamic Applications

This practical reference describes seal types used in industry for rotating, oscillating, and reciprocating shaft applications - detailing the various practices for radial lip shaft seal selection, testing, and installation recommended by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Rubber Manufacturers Association, the American Society for Testing and Materials, and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, among others.
Classifying seal types into dynamic and static applications, Shaft Seals for Dynamic Applications delineates the polymers used to make synthetic elastomers...provides a thorough review of lubricants...discusses radial lip shaft seal designs for specific applications...covers the principles of seal operation...examines test procedures used to measure seal operating characteristics and life...explains how variations in seal design parameters affect seal performance and life...elucidates techniques to determine the cause of field leakage problems...considers manufacturing methods for producing radial lip shaft seals...and more.

Les Horve is Vice President of the Asia Pacific Division of the Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company, Elgin, Illinois.