MATERIAL GUIDE
How to Choose the Right O-Ring Material
NBR, FKM, silicone, EPDM or FFKM? Match the compound to your fluid, temperature and pressure — before you pay for the wrong one.
Practical sealing knowledge — materials, design and troubleshooting, from the engineers who mold the parts.
NBR, FKM, silicone, EPDM or FFKM? Match the compound to your fluid, temperature and pressure — before you pay for the wrong one.
Squeeze, stretch, groove fill and corner radii — five practical rules that keep O-rings sealing instead of failing.
A side-by-side look at the three most-specified seal elastomers: where each wins, where each fails, and what each costs.