Custom Piston Seal Rings for Composite Bores Many projects at Eclipse Engineering start with a customer first using an O-Ring. But if a customer is contacting Eclipse, it usually means either the O-Ring is failing or not performing up to their expectations. Many circumstances can cause O-Ring failures, such as chemical incompatibility or temperature extremes. In many cases, Eclipse has a PTFE seal solution for the application. The Client’s Issue Eclipse was approached by a customer looking for an enhanced solution for a piston seal in their air compressors. They were currently using a carboxylatedNitrile O-Ring as the sole piston seal. While working satisfactory, there were a few limitations the O-Ring presented that the customer wanted to improve upon. First, the O-Ring required lubricati

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