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Freudenberg research team develops the world's smallest Simmerring
EVENTS / NEWS
EVENTS CALENDAR 22–26 March 2011
2–5 May 2011
52nd National Conference on Fluid Power
Offshore Technology Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Contact: Association of Equipment Manufacturers 6737 W. Washington Street, Suite 2400 Milwaukee WI 53214-5647, USA, Tel: +1 800 867 6060 Email: [email protected], Web: www.ifpe.com
Houston, Texas, USA Contact: Offshore Technology Conference 222 Palisades Creek Drive, Richardson TX 75080-2040, USA Tel: +1 972 952 9494, Fax: +1 972 952 9435 Email: [email protected] Web: www.otcnet.org
29–30 March 2011
15–19 May 2011
Introduction to Seals and Sealing (short course)
STLE 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK Contact: R.K. Flitney, Tel: +44 1799 501659 Email: [email protected] Web: www.flitney.co.uk
Atlanta, Georgia, USA Contact: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 840 Busse Highway Park Ridge, IL 60068-2302, USA Tel: +1 847 825 5536, Fax: +1 847 825 1456 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stle.org
4–8 April 2011 Hannover Messe 2011 Hanover, Germany Contact: Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände 30521 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49 511 890, Fax: +49 511 89 32626 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hannovermesse.de Web: www.messe.de
18 May 2011 Basic Fluid Sealing Course
19 May 2011 Intermediate Fluid Sealing Course Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK Contact: British Valve & Actuator
Association Ltd, 9 Manor Park, Banbury Oxon OX16 3TB, UK, Tel: +44 1295 221 272, Fax: +44 1295 268 965, Email: [email protected] Web: www.bvaa.org.uk/training_courses.asp
17–21 July 2011 ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference Baltimore, Maryland, USA Contact: Melissa Torres, ASME International Three Park Avenue, MS 22E5 New York, NY 10016, USA Tel: +1 212 591 8257, Fax: +1 212 591 7856 Email: [email protected] Web: www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2011/ 18 May 2011
Basic Fluid Sealing Course
27–28 September 2011 Extractables & Leachables for Pharmaceutical Products 2011 Dublin, Ireland Contact:Helen Charlesworth Conference Department, Smithers Rapra UK Shawbury, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK Tel: +44 1939 250383, Fax: +44 1939 252416 Email: [email protected] Web: www.polymerconferences.com
Freudenberg research team develops the world’s smallest Simmerring
E
ngineers at Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co Kg (FDS) have succeeded in developing and producing what they claim is the world’s smallest elastomer Simmerring. The ring can seal rotating shafts with a diameter of 1 mm and a rotation speed of up to 10 000 rpm. Prototypes of the record-breaking seal have already completed test runs of more than 5000 hours under operating loads without any visible signs of wear, says the company. In the future, the seals will be used inside miniature devices equipped with complex electronics and mechanical systems. The micro-Simmerrings are also to be used in miniature motors used, for example, in tiny pumps. Often, a very small quantity of liquid needs to be precisely dosed and conveyed to its destination. Tiny pumps, which can only function properly with micro-seals, are used for this purpose. In medicine, these devices enable analyses to be carried out on a fraction of a drop of blood. 16
Sealing Technology
Freudenberg says that it is working intensively on the future production of these extremely small seal systems. The objective is to develop sophisticated vulcanisation tools for shaping such minute parts.
Contact: Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co Kg, Höhnerweg 2–4, D-69465 Weinheim, Germany. Tel: +49 6201 80 6666, Email: [email protected], Web: www.freudenberg-ds.com
Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co Kg’s micro-Simmerrings can seal rotating shafts with a diameter of 1 mm and a rotation speed of up to 10 000 rpm.
February 2011
EVENTS CALENDAR 22–26 March 2011
2–5 May 2011
52nd National Conference on Fluid Power
Offshore Technology Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Contact: Association of Equipment Manufacturers 6737 W. Washington Street, Suite 2400 Milwaukee WI 53214-5647, USA, Tel: +1 800 867 6060 Email: [email protected], Web: www.ifpe.com
Houston, Texas, USA Contact: Offshore Technology Conference 222 Palisades Creek Drive, Richardson TX 75080-2040, USA Tel: +1 972 952 9494, Fax: +1 972 952 9435 Email: [email protected] Web: www.otcnet.org
29–30 March 2011
15–19 May 2011
Introduction to Seals and Sealing (short course)
STLE 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK Contact: R.K. Flitney, Tel: +44 1799 501659 Email: [email protected] Web: www.flitney.co.uk
Atlanta, Georgia, USA Contact: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 840 Busse Highway Park Ridge, IL 60068-2302, USA Tel: +1 847 825 5536, Fax: +1 847 825 1456 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stle.org
4–8 April 2011 Hannover Messe 2011 Hanover, Germany Contact: Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände 30521 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49 511 890, Fax: +49 511 89 32626 Email: [email protected] Web: www.hannovermesse.de Web: www.messe.de
18 May 2011 Basic Fluid Sealing Course
19 May 2011 Intermediate Fluid Sealing Course Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK Contact: British Valve & Actuator
Association Ltd, 9 Manor Park, Banbury Oxon OX16 3TB, UK, Tel: +44 1295 221 272, Fax: +44 1295 268 965, Email: [email protected] Web: www.bvaa.org.uk/training_courses.asp
17–21 July 2011 ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference Baltimore, Maryland, USA Contact: Melissa Torres, ASME International Three Park Avenue, MS 22E5 New York, NY 10016, USA Tel: +1 212 591 8257, Fax: +1 212 591 7856 Email: [email protected] Web: www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2011/ 18 May 2011
Basic Fluid Sealing Course
27–28 September 2011 Extractables & Leachables for Pharmaceutical Products 2011 Dublin, Ireland Contact:Helen Charlesworth Conference Department, Smithers Rapra UK Shawbury, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK Tel: +44 1939 250383, Fax: +44 1939 252416 Email: [email protected] Web: www.polymerconferences.com
Freudenberg research team develops the world’s smallest Simmerring
E
ngineers at Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co Kg (FDS) have succeeded in developing and producing what they claim is the world’s smallest elastomer Simmerring. The ring can seal rotating shafts with a diameter of 1 mm and a rotation speed of up to 10 000 rpm. Prototypes of the record-breaking seal have already completed test runs of more than 5000 hours under operating loads without any visible signs of wear, says the company. In the future, the seals will be used inside miniature devices equipped with complex electronics and mechanical systems. The micro-Simmerrings are also to be used in miniature motors used, for example, in tiny pumps. Often, a very small quantity of liquid needs to be precisely dosed and conveyed to its destination. Tiny pumps, which can only function properly with micro-seals, are used for this purpose. In medicine, these devices enable analyses to be carried out on a fraction of a drop of blood. 16
Sealing Technology
Freudenberg says that it is working intensively on the future production of these extremely small seal systems. The objective is to develop sophisticated vulcanisation tools for shaping such minute parts.
Contact: Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co Kg, Höhnerweg 2–4, D-69465 Weinheim, Germany. Tel: +49 6201 80 6666, Email: [email protected], Web: www.freudenberg-ds.com
Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik GmbH & Co Kg’s micro-Simmerrings can seal rotating shafts with a diameter of 1 mm and a rotation speed of up to 10 000 rpm.
February 2011