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Partners and references
Where this site's data comes from, and what's worth bookmarking if you design molds and parts.
About this list. Nothing gets in here as a favour. The manufacturers below appear because their catalogues are the declared source of numbers published on this site — if a dimension here came from their catalogue, you should be able to reach the source. If there's ever an actual partnership, it will be stated plainly.
Manufacturers and catalogues
Where the component data comes from, and where you should go back to before you buy.
- Parker HannifinsourceO-Ring Handbook 5700: the gland tables per application used in the sealing calculator — the standard design reference.Open ↗
- DL SealssourceO-ring catalogue used as the source for ring tolerances, and cross-checked size by size against the AS568 table.Open ↗
- Trelleborg Sealing SolutionssourceO-ring and back-up ring handbook, compared against the others in the sealing calculator — where the handbooks disagree, the page shows each one's numbers.Open ↗
- ERIKSsourceTechnical manual on O-ring gland design, compared against the others in the sealing calculator.Open ↗
- Apple RubbersourceGuide to seal types and gland design, compared against the others in the sealing calculator.Open ↗
- MeusburgersourceStandard mold components. Its O-ring guide was read for the sealing calculator, and it is the only handbook that covers the plain circular pocket.Open ↗
- Mollificio BordignonsourceB FEDER catalogue, the source of the 647 die springs and their spring rates in the spring calculator.Open ↗
- PolimoldsourceMold component catalogue, used to cross-check the ISO 10243 spring sizes against a second manufacturer.Open ↗
- UddeholmsourceTool steel datasheets: density, tempering hardness and heat treatment used in the material weight and comparison tools.Open ↗
- SSABsourceDatasheets for TOOLOX 33 and 44, the pre-hardened steels in the material comparison.Open ↗
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