Experts explain when greasing O-rings can improve vacuum sealing performance — and when it may risk contamination, ...

What is an input/output (I/O) ring, and why should I care about it? If you’re a system-on-chip (SoC) designer, you had better know the answer to that question. SoCs are the darlings of the ...

For more than 60 years, engineers specifying seals and customers using them have accepted the arbitrary rule that the maximum amount O-rings will swell in most applications is a 25% change in volume.

WEST JORDAN, Utah — The American space program needed big rubber rings. The subcontractor that won the job was called HydraPak Seals – a Salt Lake City company that made seals for industrial equipment ...

The first step links quite closely to the design stage for these plates. Choosing the size and material for your O-ring is a vital step, as it will determine the methods required further down the line ...

A new report says a leaking O-ring is the reason the pilots of a Sea King helicopter were forced to make a controlled emergency landing last year. The helicopter landed near a parking lot at a Sobeys ...