Shaft Seals for Dynamic Applications (Mechanical Engineering)

485 pages. Leslie A. Horve's reference work on shaft seals concentrates mainly on the radial lip seal. It begins by explaining how to choose a seal type for a given application. It then covers elastomer selection and testing, and the lubricants a seal must work with, including base oils, additives, greases, engine and gear oils, transmission fluids and synthetics. Later chapters deal with seal design, the specifications for shafts, bores and garter springs, installation procedures, and the microscopic and macroscopic ways a seal works. A long section explains how to measure torque, pump rate and seal life. Others show how temperature, eccentricity, pressure, contaminants and design variables affect performance. The book also covers failure analysis, and its applications chapter includes crankshafts, pinion seals, wheel seals and tracked vehicles. It closes with manufacturing methods, quality assurance testing, glossaries of terms, and conversion tables. Feel free to ask for photos or more detail.…