Wear Rings At Moontown Ltd

Wear rings are created to guide the piston and piston rods of power cylinders and to absorb lateral forces where they occur. They also stop metal to metal contact between sliding parts. Wear rings are available in tape or machined rings. An important advantage is that metallic seizure cannot occur with the correct design. The most frequently used non-metallic wear rings are filled PTFE and compounds of PTFE and fabric materials. Wear rings are easily fitted into the closed grooves on the piston or in the glands. The number of wear rings to be used will depend on the radial forces and the permissible surface pressure of the wear ring material, in addition to the length of stroke, the diameter and other design factors.