Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has made an important breakthrough with a PTFE based sealing material that can excel in virtually any hydraulic application.

Exceptional performance against hydraulic sealing characteristics

Extensive testing has shown Turcon M12 has exceptional performance against the most important hydraulic sealing characteristics, such as wear, friction and high pressure operation. The material is also resistant to virtually all media, including a broad range of lubricants.

The cost-effective material provides customers with extended seal life, as well as a wide operating window in terms of temperature, pressure and velocity, and performs as well or better than specialized compounds in each parameter.

On almost every parameter Turcon M12 is better

"Turcon M12 has exceeded even our expectations and we believe no other material can give such universally outstanding performance," says Holger Jordan, who heads up the fluid power technology department within the R&D department at Trelleborg Sealing Solutions in Stuttgart, Germany.

"On almost every parameter it is better, sometimes very significantly so, than previously recommended compounds, or was at least equal to them. Despite the outstanding performance of many of our sealing materials, we dont often stand up and say that this is the best in market. But Turcon M12 is truly unrivalled, fitting virtually all hydraulic applications," he adds.