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Follow on Google News | Saint-Gobain's OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals Installed in Industrial Dyeing MachinesSaint-Gobain has been working closely with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V. , the world’s first supplier of industrial CO2 dyeing equipment, to develop a sealing solution for a new technology where carbon dioxide substitutes water in the dyeing process.
By: Saint-Gobain Seals Group Textile environmental safety and control has attracted the attention of the textiles industry, rising in recent years, especially in Asia where much of the world’s textile dyeing occurs, due to the massive amount of water required in these processes per day. Temperature and time management are two key factors in dyeing where water is used to clean equipment, as cooling waters, and for rinsing and processing dyes and products. It is estimated that on average, almost 100 liters of water is used to process only 1 kg of textile goods, making water utilization a prime concern for the industry. Furthermore, wastewater carries a host of different chemicals from the processing of dyes and The World Bank estimates that 17 to 20 percent of industrial water pollution comes from textile dyeing and treatment (a fifth of the world’s industrial water pollution). Humans then ingest the contaminated water or food irrigated by the water. Saint-Gobain Seals Group was approached by DyeCoo to find a solution to seal CO2 under high pressures of up to 400 bars and temperatures up to 120°C, which poses a major challenge for ordinary seals. In most cases, seals will fail when exposed to extreme conditions such as high pressure which cause their applications and products to fail. Using their OmniSeal® product (http://www.seals.saint- The above custom solution demonstrates Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s business model in which they focus on co-development relationships, engineer-to- About Saint-Gobain Seals Group (www.seals.saint- Saint-Gobain Seals Group is a business unit under Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics’ Engineered Components division, offering a diverse range of innovative sealing and polymer solutions: · OmniSeal® Spring–Energized Seals · OmniLip™ PTFE Rotary Shaft Seals · OmniFlex™ Fluoroelastomer Seals · OmniShield® EMI / RFI Shielding Solutions · Rulon® High-Performance Fluoropolymer Compounds · Meldin® 7000 Thermoset Polyimide Materials · Meldin® HT High-Performance Thermoplastic Materials Other products include Fluoroloy® (high-performance custom-formulated compounds and alloys), cup seals, hydraulic seals, metal seals, v-packings, piston rings, Marathon® (valves and vacuum pump diaphragms), Transband® (PTFE creepage band), custom parts, polymer bearings and stock shapes. The majority of seals and polymer components manufactured are custom designed and matched with the best materials to optimize their performance in various applications and markets. End
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