Abstract: A container having a barrier layer is provided. The container may be of thermoplastic and the barrier may inhibit materials from leaching from the thermoplastic material or from extraction of compounds from medicants by the thermoplastic. A process is also described that allows for molding thin barrier layers as container lines and for forming thermoplastic containers with barrier liners.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing inductance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing an inductor includes forming an electrical circuit on a substrate, forming a seal ring around the perimeter of the electrical circuit, providing a break in at least one layer of the seal ring, and electrically connecting the seal ring such that the seal ring operates as an inductor.

Abstract: An articulated robot includes a pedestal and two or more modules supported by the pedestal. Each of the two or more modules includes a support member, a link member supported by the support member to be rotatable about a first axis, and a first drive unit provided in the link member and for rotating the link member about the first axis with respect to the support member.

Abstract: A lubricant injection system is provided, which includes a pedestal, a robotic arm including a plurality of arm bodies sequentially coupled from pedestal, lubricant injecting hand having a discharge part configured to be sequentially coupled to each of a plurality of filler ports of a target machine, robot control device configured to control operation of robotic arm, a lubricant pumping device in which pumping of lubricant is controlled, a lubricant pumping channel configured to lead lubricant from the lubricant pumping device to the discharge part, and a flow rate sensor provided to the lubricant pumping channel and configured to send the detected flow rate information to the robot control device. Robot control device calculates an injection quantity based on the flow rate information sent from flow rate sensor, and when calculated injection quantity reaches target injection quantity, robot control device controls to stop pumping of lubricant.

Abstract: A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.

Abstract: A packer unit for an annular blowout preventer including an annular elastomer body including an elastomer having a unidirectional grain and a quantity of fiber longitudinally aligned with the grain of the elastomer. A method of forming a packing unit for a blowout preventer including forming a fiber reinforced elastomer by aligning fibers with a grain of an elastomer; cutting a portion from the fiber reinforced elastomer in the direction of the grain; loading the cut portion in a packing unit mold such that the grain of the fiber reinforced elastomer of the cut portion is parallel to a packing unit axis; and heating the loaded packing unit mold.

Abstract: A gland packing having required characteristics is obtained by finding relationships between required characteristics and the value of the limiting oxygen index, and adequately defining the level of the required characteristics. The gland packing is configured by twisting or braiding a single or plurality of yarns that are formed by twisting fibers having a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 21 to 30, preferably 22 to 26. The fibers contain fibers in which a flat ratio is defined as 1.1 to 4, the flat ratio being a value which is obtained by dividing the maximum value of an interval between two parallel straight lines in a state where a section of each of the fibers is interposed between the straight lines, by the minimum value. The fibers contain fibers in each of which a sectional shape has one or more recesses having a depth of 0.4 ?m or more.

Abstract: A gland packing having required characteristics is obtained by finding relationships between required characteristics and the value of the limiting oxygen index, and adequately defining the level of the required characteristics. The gland packing is configured by twisting or braiding a single or plurality of yarns that are formed by twisting fibers having a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 21 to 30, preferably 22 to 26. The fibers contain fibers in which a flat ratio is defined as 1.1 to 2, the flat ratio being a value obtained by dividing the maximum value of an interval between two parallel straight line in a state where a section of each of the fibers is interposed between the straight lines, by the minimum value. The fibers contain fibers in each of which a sectional shape has one or more recesses 1 having a depth h of 0.4 ?m or more.

Abstract: In a sealing device (1) for sealing the through hole of an electrode, the pressurizing medium that generates the pressure of mechanical sealings against a rod electrode structure is an inert gas, such as nitrogen. The means for pressing the created sealing ring (6) against the rod electrode structure (4) include a gas distribution chamber (8) surrounding the sealing ring (6); a first channel (9) that is arranged to provide a flow path for the inert gas in between the hose (14) and the gas distribution chamber (8); an annular groove (10) in the sealing surface (7) of the sealing ring (6); and a second channel (11), which is placed in the sealing ring (6) and is arranged to provide a flow path for the gas from the gas distribution chamber to the groove (10) for extruding the gas in between the sealing surface (7) and the rod electrode structure (4).

Abstract: A seal arrangement for providing a fluid seal of an annulus between two conforming surfaces such as a stem and a bore. The seal arrangement may include a pair of packing support rings. Preferably, two pairs of the packing support rings are used in order to provide double ended or two sided axial support for the packing. The first and second support rings support a load on the packing during normal or rated temperature use, with preferably an interference fit with the stem to resist extrusion of the packing along the stem. The support rings may be nested together and comprises different materials. For example, one support ring may comprise metal and the other support ring comprise a softer material such as a polymer or elastomer. An example of a packing material is a fire resistant material. The metal support ring may be used to maintain load on the fire resistant packing in the event that the other support ring has been destroyed by fire or other cataclysmic event.

Abstract: A self-sealing flexible seal includes a seal component A and a seal component B, each being hollow ball-like. In the portion of two pole parts of the each seal component, there is one annular opening per pole. The form of two seal components is similar figures, and two seal components are formed from a flexible material. The seal component A is arranged on the outside of the seal component B. The seal component A and the seal component B are arranged by a two-sheet pile, and are arranged in the state where it moreover contacted. Each of the seal component A and the seal component B possesses the slits of N pieces which have similar figures, the form of each slit is the form prolonged from the near side of the annular opening to the near side of another annular opening.

Abstract: A seal assembly for use with valves is described. An example seal assembly includes a first seal and a second seal opposite the first seal. The first and second seals are to sealingly engage a closure member of a valve and a sealing surface opposite the closure member. A spacer ring is disposed between the first and second seals to prevent the first and second seals from contacting each other. Additionally, the spacer ring is sized so that the spacer ring does not contact the closure member or the sealing surface.

Abstract: A seal assembly, for use within a hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic material dispensing valve assembly, comprises a sealing cartridge comprising a first primary seal, a secondary seal, and a viscous incompressible silicone grease disposed internally within the sealing cartridge. The viscous silicone grease effectively distributes the pressure forces such that internal pressure forces within the silicone grease are substantially equal to the external pressure forces of the hot melt adhesive whereby a pressure differential across the primary seal member is effectively eliminated thereby effectively eliminating the tendency for leakage of the hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic materials.

Abstract: A packing unit for a blowout preventer includes an elastomeric, annular body configured to be disposed about a longitudinal axis of the blowout preventer and configured to be displaced radially inward towards the longitudinal axis upon actuation of the blowout preventer. The elastomeric, annular body includes a first section having a first set of material properties and a second section having a second set of material properties. The packing unit includes a plurality of rigid inserts distributed at equal radial distances from each other within the elastomeric annular body and about the longitudinal axis of the blowout preventer.

Abstract: In a rod sealing system, which comprises a buffer ring, a rod seal, and a dust seal, provided successively in this order from a fluid hydraulic side toward the outside in an annular clearance between two members in reciprocating motion, the buffer ring is made up of a thermoplastic polyurethane molding product obtained by subjecting a thermoplastic polyurethane molding product prepared by reaction of (A) a high molecular weight polycarbonatediol having a number average molecular weight Mn of 500-6,000, (B) an aromatic diisocyanate, and (C) a low molecular weight diol as a chain elongation agent in an NCO/OH ratio of 0.95-1.20, to heat treatment under conditions that a glass transition point (Tg) of hard phases becomes 170° C. or higher, preferably 170-230° C., and an endothermic peak area (?H) at Tg becomes 5 J/g or more, by differential scanning calorimetry.

Abstract: A method of applying an outer insulation to a stator bar to form an insulated stator bar. The method entails extruding at least one extruded member that will form the outer insulation. The extruded member has an opposing pair of edges that are parallel to the longitudinal length of the extruded member. The extrusion process creates an inner cavity that extends the longitudinal length of the extruded member. A bare stator bar is then inserted into the inner cavity of the outer insulation so that the outer insulation surrounds the perimeter of the bar and extends along a longitudinal length thereof. The edges of the extruded member are then attached together so that the perimeter of the bar is entirely enclosed by the extruded member.

Abstract: The present invention includes a piston valve for charging and discharging a first fluid chamber. The piston valve includes a piston shaft and a ring comprising a seal element. The piston shaft has a first end and a second end with the first end including a counter bore having at least one vent. The ring is disposed within a cylinder and the seal element is disposed intermediate the piston shaft and the ring. The piston valve may be used for intensification purposes such as in a high pressure high temperature hydraulic cartridge.

Abstract: A seal assembly is adapted for use in a valve having a trim cage with an inner surface extending along an axis and a plug sized to fit inside the trim cage inner surface, wherein the plug is adapted to move along the axis. The seal assembly includes a spring-loaded seal ring disposed between the plug and the trim cage inner surface, the seal ring including a center spring member and a jacket formed of a fluoropolymer resin to tightly seal between the plug and the trim cage inner surface. A first wiper ring is disposed between the plug and the trim cage inner surface and positioned axially upstream of the seal ring, and a second wiper ring is disposed between the plug and the trim cage inner surface and positioned axially downstream of the seal ring. Each of the first and second wiper rings has an outside surface sized to engage the trim cage inner surface and is formed of a material sufficiently rigid to scrape foreign material from the bore surface yet sufficiently soft to minimize damage to the bore.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasket and an object of the present invention is to provide a gasket capable of providing an excellent slidability and holding its sealability without applying lubricant and a gasket that can prevent a resin film from being peeled off of a gasket body and prevent the generation of a molding defect such as pinholes. The object can be attained according to a gasket installed slidably in an outer tube of a syringe, including a gasket body and a resin film formed of a material lower in coefficient of friction than a material of the gasket body, which covers at least an outer periphery of the gasket body, in which when a surface roughness of the resin film on the outer tube side is defined as Ra1 and a surface roughness of the resin film on the gasket body side is defined as Ra2, a relationship of 1.5 Ra1≦Ra2 is satisfied.

Abstract: A seal ring which contains a scaly graphite powder essentially alone as a filler, and comprises 2 to 35% by weight of the graphite powder and 65 to 98% by weight of a polytetrafluoroethylene powder, wherein the graphite powder has an interplanar spacing of 0.335 to 0.340 nm, as measured by the powder X-ray diffraction method, and a size of a crystallite of (004) face of at least 70 nm is provided. Since deformation and extrusion of the seal ring are kept small even under a high pressure, and the abrasion of the opposite material can be prevented even if it is made of a soft metal, it is possible to maintain a stable sealing effect for a longer period of time. In addition, since the seal ring has small sliding resistance, handling property, response of the sealing device and suitability for fitting to the device can be largely improved. Thus, the seal ring is suitable for the valve device of power steering of automobiles, automatic transmission or shock absorber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gland packing in which a phenomenon where reinforcing fibers protruding from ends of adjacent braiding yarns overlap with each other, and the over-lapping reinforcing fibers are interposed over the whole range between expanded graphite tapes of the adjacent braiding yarns to form a leakage path can be reduced. In the gland packing 4, ends 1a, 1b in the width direction of each of the braiding yarns 3A to 3H constituting the gland packing are directed to the inner side in the width direction, and the reinforcing fibers 2A to 2H protruding from the ends 1a, 1b are confined to the inner side of the braiding yarns 3A to 3H.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gland packing in which impairment of the sealing performance due to cracks that unwillingly occur in an end portion in the width direction of an expanded graphite tape of a braiding yarn in the gland packing can be suppressed. In gland packings 1, 2, braiding yarns include braiding yarns 10A in each of which an expanded graphite tape 30 is bent so as to contract in the width direction, and both end portions 31 in the width direction of the bent expanded graphite tape 30 are folded back, or braiding yarns 20A in each of which at least an outer end portion 31′ in the width direction of a twisted expanded graphite tape 30 is folded back.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gland packing in which a phenomenon where reinforcing fibers protruding from ends of adjacent braiding yarns overlap with each other, and the overlapping reinforcing fibers are interposed over the whole range between expanded graphite tapes of the adjacent braiding yarns to form a leakage path can be reduced. In the gland packing 4, ends 1a, 1b in the width direction of each of the braiding yarns 3A to 3H constituting the gland packing are directed to the inner side in the width direction, and the reinforcing fibers 2A to 2H protruding from the ends 1a, 1b are confined to the inner side of the braiding yarns 3A to 3H.

Abstract: A seal assembly including a low flow cloth ring seal having a cloth assemblage is provided for sealing a tubular cavity disposed between a tubular member and a mating body. The density of the cloth assemblage may be set according to a desired flow rate of gas through the cloth ring seal. In applications where more stiffness and strength is desired, the cloth ring seal may include a shim assemblage surrounded by the cloth assemblage.

Abstract: A rubber bellows type seal (23) for reciprocating motion having an improved stroke to length ratio is obtained by fully separating the annular rubber convolutions (30) by axial deflection spaces (31,32) to allow the convolutions to be freely deflected in both directions This double deflection gives the bellows an increased stroke and thus an increased stroke to length ratio. Inner and outer tubular elements (25, 28) are bonded to the convolutions to support them in spaced apart working relationship.

Abstract: A packing structure has a core element of a material having a high fluid impermeability, and a thin coated rubber layer formed thereon to cover at least its sealing surface and having a glass transition temperature which is lower than the lowest temperature allowable for the packing structure. It shows a high sealing property even at a low temperature and a high fluid impermeability when used for sealing e.g. a pipeline for conveying fuel in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A unitized seal for use in a gas spring seal assembly. The unitized seal includes a rigid thermoplastic insert having an elastomeric sealing layer surrounding the insert and bonded to the insert. The insert provides rigidity to the seal and includes a central, axial opening that receives and guides a rod slidably engaged with the insert. The sealing layer engages the interior surface of the gas spring cylinder to prevent the pressurized gas contained within the gas spring from escaping around the seal. The sealing layer also includes a central, axial opening aligned with the passage in the insert that slidably engages the rod and further prevent gas from escaping the gas spring cylinder. The unitized seal may be formed in a single or two-step process. In the single step process, the insert and sealing layer are formed by injection molding processes in a single mold and are bonded to one another by a subsequent covulcanization process.

Abstract: An industrial robot comprises a column 1 fixed to an installation base BS, a first axis J1, which is a linear movement axis, a second axis J2 and a third axis J3, which are rotational axes, and a fourth axis J4 in the form of a driving axis (rotational axis) of a working tool. A food grade lubricating oil is used for the linear guide (2), ball screw (5), bearing (6), speed reducers (9, 19) and gears (10, 20, 30) of these axes. Oil seals (15, 25, 35) for sealing the food grade lubricating oil are made from a material which is harmless to human bodies, for example, a fluorine resin material, in consideration of their wear.

Abstract: A sealing ring packing (1) includes a cooled packing casing (4) that can be placed inside a stuffing box borehole (3), and holds at least one essentially annular slide ring (5) pressed against the moved component (2) to be sealed, whose outside periphery (11) exhibits at least one heat transfer sleeve (9) expandable until resting on the inside periphery of the stuffing box borehole (3) when inserted, and which is otherwise not separately cooled. This makes it possible to avoid the disadvantages of a separate liquid cooling in this area without impermissible temperature rises.

Abstract: In the field of helical bladed rotors, and their sealing assemblies an improved upstream seal for mixer rotors is provided. It includes a bushing-like visco sleeve subassembly, a sleeve shaped metallic liner positioned abutting the visco sleeve; a sleeve-like, visco seal having first and second peripheries, an L-shaped packing seat retainer, all configured to provide a single annular shaped inner chamber in which a single, rope-like packing component serves to minimize hardening of the packing assembly by minimizing feed particulate material leaking into the upstream visco seal.

Abstract: A seal assembly having a first seal with a first mating surface and a recess in the first mating surface, and a second seal having a second mating surface and a recess in the second mating surface. The first mating surface of the first seal is adjacent to the second mating surface of the second seal and a first thermal expansion restricter is received simultaneously into the recesses of the first and second mating surfaces of the first and second seals, respectively.

Abstract: To provide an un-sintered polytetrafluoroethylene processed article which has an un-sintered polytetrafluoroethylene layer formed by coating and/or impregnating with an aqueous dispersion of PTFE and is characterized in that a content of alkyl phenols detected from the un-sintered PTFE layer is not more than 0.1 ppm. The un-sintered PTFE-processed article scarcely contains alkyl phenols which are suspected as chemical substances having endocrine disrupting activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gland packing which is made of a material configured by laminating an expanded graphite tape into a spiral shape by winding. The gland packing can prevent penetration leak-age through minute gaps existing in the laminated parts, from occurring, can be sufficiently deformed so as to exhibit sure sealing properties even at a low tightening force, and has properties which result in a small amount of wear so as to ensure high sealing properties, so that high sealing performance can be maintained for a long term. In the gland packing, circumferentially projected parts are disposed on end faces of a die mold packing part made of an expanded graphite tape laminated into a spiral shape so as to be integrated with the part.