Timetable
This timetable and programme is given as an example.

• Registration will take place 08.30 to 09.15
• An Introductory Session will follow registration, and the course will finish at 17.00

Programme

Fluid Sealing Concepts
Examples of fluid sealing applications are given; seals and bearings are compared and leakage rates in fine clearances and heat flow in seals are discussed. Fluid sealing literature is introduced.

Static Polymeric Seals
A general introduction (including terminology) is given to static seals, O-rings and other seal sections, sealing mechanism, elastomers and plastics, groove design, back-up rings, surface finish and temperature considerations.

Polymeric Seal Materials
Key properties of elastomers and plastics for sealing are discussed, including seal manufacture, types of elastomer and plastics and their properties, stress-strain relationships, hardness, compression set, resilience, permeability, effect of temperature, choosing an elastomer for service, and failure in service.

Reciprocating Polymeric Seals
Seal types, seal operation and performance, pressure actuation, lubrication and friction, surface texture, installation, equipment design factors and tolerances are covered.

Programme continued

Rotating Polymeric Seals
Rubber lip seals - design, types available and sealing mechanism are covered including: hydrodynamic positive action seals, friction, wear, life, eccentricity, plastic lip seals, alternative designs and high pressure seals.

Economics and Failures
General points are covered in addition to: initial costs, operating costs, total life costs, consequential costs, failures of elastomeric and plastic seals caused by design and assembly, and operational conditions that cause premature failure.

Gasket Bolted Joints
Also available from BHR Group is an option for companies to request for in-house training on Gasket Bolted Joints.
It is not being offered for our November course.

Joint Design
Forces, moments, deformations and interactions are considered together with standard proprietary and code designs, approaches to analysis, and gasket factors.

Gaskets
Gasket types and operation limits are covered, stress-strain behaviour, leakage, bolt assembly and asbestos in gaskets.