On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter

Lip seals made of PTFE compound are used due to their high thermal and chemical stability for the sealing of shaft interfaces in housings. For a better dynamic leak-tightness hydrodynamic sealing aids are manufactured on the sealing lip. Thus a PTFE lip seal is capable of back-pumping fluid from the...

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Main Authors: Nino Dakov, Simon Feldmeth, Mario Stoll, Frank Bauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Tribologists 2019-12-01
Series:Tribology Online
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/trol/14/5/14_359/_pdf/-char/en
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description Lip seals made of PTFE compound are used due to their high thermal and chemical stability for the sealing of shaft interfaces in housings. For a better dynamic leak-tightness hydrodynamic sealing aids are manufactured on the sealing lip. Thus a PTFE lip seal is capable of back-pumping fluid from the air to the fluid side. The pumping rate serves as an important parameter for the dynamic leaktightness of seals with a unidirectional sealing aid design. The correlation of pumping rate and dynamic leak-tightness for bi-directional sealing aid designs is deficient. A new hydrodynamic parameter is introduced to assess the dynamic leak-tightness of a sealing aid design. The so called pressure drag is the force resulting from the integral of the hydrodynamic pressure over the surface of the sealing aid. A hypothesis is proposed, stating that in order to guarantee a dynamically leak-tight shaft seal, two conditions should be satisfied. First, the pumping rate should be greater than zero. Second, the axial pressure drag should be directed entirely towards the fluid side. The hypothesis is verified on different types of unidirectional and bi-directional sealing aid design. In conclusion the axial pressure drag is shown to be a suitable performance parameter for the sealing aid design.
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spelling doaj.art-f1956b49218e4713ab116844d5f4635f2022-12-21T22:55:14ZengJapanese Society of TribologistsTribology Online1881-21982019-12-0114535936610.2474/trol.14.359trolOn the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic ParameterNino Dakov0Simon Feldmeth1Mario Stoll2Frank Bauer3Institute of Machine Components, University of StuttgartInstitute of Machine Components, University of StuttgartInstitute of Machine Components, University of StuttgartInstitute of Machine Components, University of StuttgartLip seals made of PTFE compound are used due to their high thermal and chemical stability for the sealing of shaft interfaces in housings. For a better dynamic leak-tightness hydrodynamic sealing aids are manufactured on the sealing lip. Thus a PTFE lip seal is capable of back-pumping fluid from the air to the fluid side. The pumping rate serves as an important parameter for the dynamic leaktightness of seals with a unidirectional sealing aid design. The correlation of pumping rate and dynamic leak-tightness for bi-directional sealing aid designs is deficient. A new hydrodynamic parameter is introduced to assess the dynamic leak-tightness of a sealing aid design. The so called pressure drag is the force resulting from the integral of the hydrodynamic pressure over the surface of the sealing aid. A hypothesis is proposed, stating that in order to guarantee a dynamically leak-tight shaft seal, two conditions should be satisfied. First, the pumping rate should be greater than zero. Second, the axial pressure drag should be directed entirely towards the fluid side. The hypothesis is verified on different types of unidirectional and bi-directional sealing aid design. In conclusion the axial pressure drag is shown to be a suitable performance parameter for the sealing aid design.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/trol/14/5/14_359/_pdf/-char/enshaft sealsealing aidptfe lip seali-ehlflow resistancepressure dragback-structured shaft sealpumping rate
spellingShingle Nino Dakov
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Mario Stoll
Frank Bauer
On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter
Tribology Online
shaft seal
sealing aid
ptfe lip seal
i-ehl
flow resistance
pressure drag
back-structured shaft seal
pumping rate
title On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter
title_full On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter
title_fullStr On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter
title_full_unstemmed On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter
title_short On the Estimation of the Dynamic Leak-Tightness of Shaft Seals with Hydrodynamic Sealing Aids through a Hydrodynamic Parameter
title_sort on the estimation of the dynamic leak tightness of shaft seals with hydrodynamic sealing aids through a hydrodynamic parameter
topic shaft seal
sealing aid
ptfe lip seal
i-ehl
flow resistance
pressure drag
back-structured shaft seal
pumping rate
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