By David Kaley — Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Edited by Mike Santora With easier cleaning, installation, and increased corrosion-resistance, plastic bearings and wear rings are a suitable alternative for industrial food production machinery. With stainless steel and other metals so predominant in industrial food manufacturing equipment, it may seem unusual to suggest a more significant role […]
Trelleborg launches electrically conductive PTFE sealing materials
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches Turcon MC1 and Turcon MC2 materials, the only polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) based electrically conductive materials suited for use in spring and elastomer-energized seals. Engineered for dynamic applications, seals, and bearings from the materials will provide reliable electric connection between moving parts. Konrad Saur, Vice President Innovation & Technology for Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, […]
Custom seals assist rotary gate valve application
LB Bentley is a specialist in creating small bore valves for subsea applications. Since it introduced the now standard subsea rotary gate valve into the market in 1998, the gate valve has gained universal acceptance throughout the industry. This component is now used globally with many customers preferring this design over traditional needle, ball and…
Seals developed for e-mobility help electric cars compete with gas vehicles
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched the HiSpin PDR RT and HiSpin HS40, two seals specifically developed for e-mobility applications. Engineered to operate at high velocity, they make a significant step in overcoming issues related to sealing at high rotary speeds that limit electric cars being able to meet the ultimate goal of traveling the same…
Polymer materials keep offshore risers safely afloat
Polymer-based solutions for fire protection and buoyancy help progressive riser technology push the limits. Contributed by Collin Gaskill, Product Development Engineer & Patrick Waal, Head of Sales, Trelleborg Offshore The oil and gas industry is renowned for continuously pushing the limits. The exploration of offshore oil and gas continues to move into deeper waters and…
Trelleborg launches next generation Firestop material for offshore operations
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has launched its next-generation Firestop material. The newly developed fire-resistant material is thinner and lighter than any current passive fire protection materials available to the market. Firestop is a passive fire protection material used to protect personnel and equipment by minimizing fire escalation. This provides time to evacuate people, close down critical equipment…
Trelleborg goes big in oilfield applications with large-diameter seal capabilities
Trelleborg is demonstrating its capabilities to produce giant seals in specialist FFKM materials for the oil and gas market. The company will highlight its FlexiMold method of producing large diameter joint-free seals at booth 3227 at the 2018 Offshore Technology Conference from April 30 to May 3 in Houston. The process has now been extended to…
Sealing system keeps tunnel industry digging
Tunnels are getting larger, deeper, and excavated in more challenging conditions. There is also growing pressure to successfully complete these projects while meeting increasing demands for performance, on-schedule delivery, and safety. However, on many projects, concrete tunnel segments are fitted with rubber gaskets onsite and secured using adhesive, which can lead to time-consuming and cost-intensive…
Trelleborg gets Johan Sverdrup oil field contract
Located on the Utsira Height in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west of Stavanger, the Johan Sverdup oil field will be operated by electrical power generated onshore, significantly reducing offshore emissions of climate gases. Daily production during the project’s first phase is estimated at 440,000 barrels per day, while peak production is estimated to reach […]
Trelleborg presenting specialty medical fabrics at MD&M West
Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics will display its enhanced portfolio of quality polyurethane and rubber and silicone-coated fabrics to meet the complex requirements of contract converters, medical devices and OEMs at MD&M West 2017 Conference (Booth 1605). Due to the growing demands of coated materials for use in a myriad of innovative medical, orthopedic and surgical…
Bearings bear the weight of largest offshore facility
Within the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project—Shell’s Prelude FLNG—are 52 vertical elastomeric bearings and 156 horizontal bearings for use on the 13 modules onboard the facility, as well as 40 turret bogey bearings to enable natural movements of the turret. Byoung-Gark Park, topside structural engineer for Samsung Heavy Industries, said: “Many of…
Elastomeric bearings from Trelleborg
Safeguarding vessel modules Elastomeric bearings are steel plate laminated rubber bearings installed between the hull of a vessel and its modules. They are used to accommodate axial, shear and rotational movement so they keep a vessel’s modules safe from impact, damage and deformation arising from adverse sea and weather conditions. Trelleborg’s Elastomeric Bearings are most commonly […]
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Trelleborg demonstrates how its expertise offshore contributes to growth and performance of renewables
Trelleborg’s renewable Distributed Buoyancy Modules (DBMs) are typically used between structures and a surface vessel or platform.
Taking the simple O-ring to new levels
Edited by Mary C. Gannon, Senior Editor LSR (liquid silicone rubber) O-rings are growing in use in a variety of high-volume production applications, especially in life sciences. O-rings are the most commonly used seal, featured in applications from aircraft engines to chemical processing lines, the hydraulics in tractors to subsea down-hole tools. They account for…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions expands its Americas R&D Center
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces it has increased the size of its Product Testing Laboratory located at the HA Traub Technical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This expansion comprises…
Innovation for a new generation
Rotary seals may have been around since the 19th century, but 21st century needs demand changes in the design process as well as the finished product itself. There are rotary seals in almost every piece of equipment where parts revolve around an axis. From tiny rotary seals in dentist’s drills to giant ones on tunnel…
World’s most powerful test bench for hydraulic seals helps qualify A350 main landing gear
To test seals for critical applications, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions invested in one of the world’s most powerful test benches for hydraulic rod seals. This facility allows testing to…
Trelleborg launches online learning modules on sealing
If there’s one thing the fluid power industry needs, it is as many opportunities for users of its technologies and components to have chances to learn about them….
Trelleborg to highight delivery services and sealing products at IFPE
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions will highlight its “Trelleborg Solution” of advanced delivery services and customized packaging as well as an array of products at IFPE 2014, booth #81929 in…
Two-part Production Simplifies Medical Designs
by Mary C. Gannon, Senior Editor Two years ago, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions purchased a liquid silicone company headquartered in Switzerland, which provided silicone extrusion and silicone molding, all in a clean room facility. The facility in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland and another in Northborough, Mass., allows the company to manufacture and design two-part Liquid Silicone…
Restrictors manage the bends in offshore applications
To prevent offshore oil pipes from over-bending at the interface between flexible and rigid structures, bending restrictors are usually installed. Trelleborg makes bend restrictors that are made up of a number of interlocking elements, which react when subjected to an external load, locking together to form a smooth curved radius. This radius is chosen to…
Polyurethane Bend Restrictors for Deepwater Field in Brazil
Trelleborg has been awarded a contract to provide NOV Flexibles with 25 polyurethane (PU) vertebrae bend restrictor assemblies for static flowlines on the field development and production expansion of the Parque das Baleias oil field, offshore Brazil. Using polyurethane restrictors brings a number of significant benefits when compared with steel. Installation and maintenance of the…
Trelleborg Launches Flexspacer for Improved Topside Thermal Insulation
Trelleborg has launched Flexspacer, at ONS 2012. This unique product has been specifically developed to effectively create an air gap between topside pipelines and thermal insulation, thereby avoiding the corrosion that can occur when using traditional insulation systems such as mineral wool. By stopping direct contact between the insulation material and the pipe, Flexspacer prevents…
Trelleborg launches sealing material for hydraulic aerospace applications
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches Turcon M30 sealing material, which is engineered to withstand and optimize performance against the extremely hard ceramic coatings that are the eco-friendly alternatives to chrome plating of rods in hydraulic aerospace applications. Tests prove that the new compound increases seal life to reduce planned maintenance, extend flight hours and ultimately lower costs.
ISO Fits & Tolerances free on Android
A graph of ISO tolerance classes by bore and shaft is a couple touches away for Android users with the new “ISO Fits & Tolerances” application. Providing results based on the ISO 286 System of Limits and Fits, users enter the nominal diameter needed and select the tolerance classes for bore and shaft. Tolerances are […]