Automotive
IPE offers customized
and high-performance solutions to the automotive industry.
For example many NHRA high-performance engines rely on our
polymer products. Excessive wear and dimensional instability
caused our customer to search for a replacement seal design.
The new seal had to fit into an existing rotor channel and
provide longer life and better reliability at the high speeds
and temperatures present within a supercharger.
Our solution was to develop
a PTFE insert which provided leak-tight performance and compressibility
that exceeded the customer’s specifications. Premature
failure was eliminated, tighter tolerances kept horsepower
more predictable and maintenance costs were significantly
reduced.
PTFE Automotive Applications
provide:
- Temperature resistance
to 500°F
- Superior resistance
to lubricants and fuels
- Excellent thermal stability
- Sealing at high rotational
speeds
- Good mechanical strengths
- Low friction/wear characteristics
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