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Custom shaft seals for plastics process machinery
Meco seals from FTL Technology (FTLT) offer plastics manufacturers effective shaft sealing for a wide variety of machinery, handling difficult-to-seal products.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 October 2009
FTL supplies Elringklinger PTFE seals
Elringklinger's PTFE seals are manufactured with outside diameters of up to 2,880mm from a choice of more than 600 PTFE compounds.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 July 2009
Bearings suit high-temperature applications
FTL Seals can supply Graphalloy bearings to avoid problems that arise with traditional bearings when coping with high heat and heavy loads.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 July 2009
Precision mouldings available from FTL
FTL Technology offers specialist precision mouldings in a range of elastomers, including organic and inorganic elastomers such as silicone, fluorosilicone and liquid silicone.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 April 2009
FTL releases Mechanical Face Seal Design Guide
FTL Technology has announced the availability of its Mechanical Face Seal Design Guide.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 March 2009
FTL offers high-quality Merkel seals
Merkel Heavy Industry provides seals for the pulp and paper industry.
News from Engineeringtalk, 13 January 2009
FTL develops Polytetrafluoroethylene products
FTL has used PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) to develop technical solutions for many areas of application including seals, guides, design components, tubings and semi-finished products.
News from Engineeringtalk, 21 November 2008
FTL launches Merkel hydraulic seal manual
A Merkel Hydraulic Seal Technical Manual is now available from FTL Technology.
News from Engineeringtalk, 9 September 2008
Fluoroplastics feature exceptional properties
PTFE engineered parts exhibit almost universal chemical resistance over a wide temperature range.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 June 2008
PTFE materials provide new properties
FTL Technology offers state-of-the-art technology in PTFE, including cost-effective injection moulded parts in PTFE, tubes and components in PFA, porous PTFE and PTFE foils and films.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 March 2008
Bushings prove their worth at high temperatures
Graphalloy's diverse mountings and extensive experience have proved valuable in developing bearings for use in biodiesel fuel production
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 February 2008
Bronze bushings embed graphite lubrication
Bushings exhibit excellent performance without external lubrication at both elevated and subzero temperatures.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 December 2007
Thermoplastic bearings provide good fit
Glycodur RPL and RPH injection moulded thermoplastic bearings a high load bearing capacity and guarantee an optimum fit of the sliding bearing, even at high temperatures.
News from Engineeringtalk, 28 August 2007
Shaft seal won't do the twist
Rotary shaft seal features a novel anti-twist lip designed to reduce damage in rolling mills.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 July 2007
Bearings make pumps more rugged
Graphalloy pump bearings are ideal for high and low temperature operation with poor lubrication.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 April 2007
PTFE-like material expands sealing options
Moldflon clearly expands the application range of previously used fluorothermoplastics while offering the same profile of material properties as PTFE.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 January 2007
Custom seals and bushings delivered in days
Seals in virtually any profile in diameters up to 4m can be produced at short notice in both standard and special materials.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 September 2006
Thermoplastic resists higher temperatures
Moldflon is a new thermoplastic material with a chemical composition similar to conventional PTFE.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 May 2006
Modified materials produce tailored properties
Derived from standard PTFE, a new product - modified PTFE - is created by copolymerisation with a small quantity of a perfluorinated modifier and reduction of the molecular weight.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 February 2006
Dry-running bearings keep conveyors going
Graphalloy conveyor roll-end bearing assemblies are designed for conveyors operating in high temperatures, where dry running is required, or where applying lubricant is difficult.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 January 2006
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