Logroño Students Transform Saint-Gobain Seals’ Injection Molded Plastic Parts from Rioja, Spain Site to Robots
A few months ago, Saint-Gobain Seals’ Rioja, Spain site became a little more lively due to several special visitors -- students from the ESCOLAPIAS school on Vara de Rey Street in Logroño. The site regularly offers training to various groups, familiarizing them on the manufacturing... - July 17, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Rulon® 123 Polymer Material Qualified in Metering Pump Application for Fuel Dispensers
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Rulon® 123 fluoropolymer material was recently qualified in a metering pump application for a renowned gasoline pump manufacturer in Europe. Metering pumps are used to deliver or meter fluids; in the case of metering, a precise delivery rate is required and one of the... - July 16, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals’ OmniGasket™ Sealing Solution is Used in Deicing System to Protect Aircraft Wings
Meldin® 7001 Polyimide Material and OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seal Combine to Form High-Performance Gasket. - June 21, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals Remains a Key Supplier of OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals for High-Speed Surgical Drills
Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs in the high-speed surgical drill market as their integral supplier of OmniSeal® spring-energized seals. The seals excel at protecting the sensitive internal components of the drill during surgery and sterilization, ensuring a... - June 18, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Kontich Production Site Featured on the European Business Journal Website, Highlighting Their OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals
Saint-Gobain Seals has been featured on the European Business Journal website; it will also be published in their magazine in the next few months. The article, titled “Sealing the market,” focused on their production site in Kontich, Belgium, in which Geert Vanthienen, Product manager -... - May 23, 2014
Saint-Goban's Rulon® J Polymer Material Used as Supporting Role in Bogie of New 7000 Series Trains in Washington DC
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Rulon® J sliding elements will be utilized on the bogie of the newest 7000 series trains in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Manufactured by an industrial company in Japan whose expertise includes land, sea, and air transportation systems, the 7000 series cars are... - May 15, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals’ OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seal Helps to Prevent Blowout in Rocket Engine Check Valves
Saint-Gobain Seals’ OmniSeal® spring-energized anti-blowout seal has been qualified as a static seal in rocket engine check valves for the aerospace industry. Check valves are flow control devices that allow the flow of pressurized fluid (liquid or gas) in one direction only. In normal... - May 02, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Rulon® 1439 Material Certified as USP Class VI Compliant, Further Meeting Needs of Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Processing
Saint-Gobain Seals’ Rulon® 1439 material has achieved full USP Class VI certification, complying with stringent disposable and reusable medical device requirements. - April 18, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals Group Acquires Seal Rings Application Expertise Through LS Kunststofftechnologie GmbH Acquisition
Saint Gobain Seals Group becomes one of the leaders in seal rings applications with their recent acquisition of LS Kunststofftechnologie GmbH, a German manufacturer of high-performance polymer components for the Automotive, Medical and Industrial markets. The German company’s expertise in... - April 02, 2014
Saint-Gobain's OmniSeal® Sealing Components to be Installed in New Family of Geared Jet Engines
Geared jet engines reduce fuel consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and noise - March 29, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Marathon Diaphragms Achieve USP Class VI Compliance, Further Meeting Needs of Medical Device Manufacturers
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Marathon® diaphragms were recently certified as USP Class VI compliant, in which the plastic resin material passed Class VI certification for particular use in medical devices and expected to produce favorable biocompatibility results. The certification is... - February 26, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals Group Exhibiting at Pittcon 2014 to Showcase Their Innovative Sealing and Polymer Solutions in Life Sciences Industry
Saint-Gobain Seals Group, a trusted manufacturing partner in the Life Sciences market for over 30 years, will be showcasing their wide range of sealing and polymer solutions at Pittcon 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. - February 19, 2014
Technical Paper on Next Generation of Materials for Sealing Solutions Presented at Oil & Gas Conference
Saint-Gobain Seals Group, a global leader in designing and manufacturing high-performance seals and polymer components, will be presenting details of its next generation of materials at the High Performance Polymers for Oil & Gas Conference, which will be held on April 15 and 16, 2014, in Edinburgh, Scotland. - February 08, 2014
Saint-Gobain's OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Metal-Band Seal Has Been Qualified for Aircraft Micro Fuel Pumps
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s OmniSeal® spring-energized metal-band seal has been qualified as a dynamic seal in micro fuel pumps for the aerospace industry. Micro pumps are designed to pump various types of fluids at high flow rates while requiring minimal housing space and operate by... - February 02, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals Group's High Quality Management System Standards' Certifications Renewed for Kontich, Belgium
Saint-Gobain Seals Group Upholds Its High Quality Management System Standards With Renewed ISO 9001:2008 and EN 9100:2009 Certifications in Kontich, Belgium. - January 26, 2014
Sustainable Solution for Handheld Surgical Tool with FDA Compliant Rulon® Polymer Material
Saint-Gobain Seals Group continues to provide sustainable solutions for handheld surgical power tools in the medical and dental fields as a key supplier of Rulon® components in harmonic scalpel surgical tooling. Harmonic scalpels use ultrasonic technology to simultaneously cut and coagulate... - January 19, 2014
Saint-Gobain Seals Group Charges on with Emerging Sealing and Polymer Technology for Electric Cars
Saint-Gobain Seals Group continues investing in the development of electric vehicle technology with its OmniLip™ and OmniShield® sealing solutions and Meldin® HT polymer solution. The electric car, which is propelled by one electric motor or more using electrical energy stored in... - December 25, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group Launches New Meldin® 5530 Thermoplastic Material for Tribological Applications
Saint-Gobain Seals Group has recently launched a new grade, Meldin® 5530, which belongs to their Meldin® HT thermoplastics product line, and has been specifically created for tribological applications. - December 21, 2013
Saint-Gobain's Rulon® E2 Material, a New Generation EGR Sealing Solution for Emission Control Standards Euro 6 & 7
Saint-Gobain Seals Group develops a new generation, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) sealing solution, Rulon® E2, for the latest and future European engine emission control standards (Euro 6 & 7), which required a significant investment in sophisticated test equipment to validate the... - December 07, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Meldin® 5000 Series Qualified as Backup Ring in Down Hole Drilling Application
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Meldin® 5000 series offering has been selected for packing kit backup rings for a down hole drilling application in the oil and gas market. The Meldin® 5000 series based on polyetheretherketone (PEEK) belongs to the Meldin® HT product family, which... - November 27, 2013
Saint-Gobain's OmniSeal® and Meldin® Components Part of Falcon 9 and Atlas V Successful Launches
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Meldin® and OmniSeal® components were installed as part of the fuel delivery system in the Space X Falcon 9 and United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch vehicles that successfully carried sophisticated satellites into orbit this past September. - November 13, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seal Has Been Qualified for Chemical Injection Pumps
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s OmniSeal® spring-energized seal has been qualified as a dynamic seal in chemical injection pumps for the oil and gas industry. - October 27, 2013
OmniSeal® Raco™ Polymer Spring-Energized Seal from Saint-Gobain Seals Group Offers a Reliable Solution for Offshore LNG transfer
Saint-Gobain Seals Group continues to offer reliable sealing solutions such as their OmniSeal® Raco™ spring-energized seal for offshore LNG (liquefied natural gas) transfer, a market that is rapidly expanding as a worldwide commodity in which new methods of safe, efficient offshore transfers are being developed to meet current demand. - October 21, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals and Meldin® 7021 Bearings Contribute to Successful Launch of Delta IV Heavy Rocket
On August 28, 2013, at 18:03 UTC, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV with a reconnaissance satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The heavy rocket, which is the most powerful rocket currently flying and known for its delivery of exceptionally demanding payloads,... - October 11, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals and Rulon® Bearings Significantly Lower the Cost of Ownership for Chemical Analyzer Users
The Saint-Gobain Seals Group was recently selected to supply OmniSeal® spring-energized seals and Rulon® bearings for use in high-performance clinical chemical analyzer systems. - October 09, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seal’s Group Exhibiting at K Show to Showcase Their Innovative Polymer Solutions
From October 16 to 23, at the K Show in Düsseldorf, Germany, Saint-Gobain Seals Group will be showcasing their wide range of polymer solutions: Meldin® and Rulon® product lines. Both have been globally used in a variety of applications and different markets, including wear and friction... - September 18, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Custom OmniSeal® Spring-Energized Seals Installed in Environmentally-Friendly Industrial Dyeing Machines
Over the past few years, Saint-Gobain Seals Group has been working closely with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V. (based in the Netherlands), 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... - September 13, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group's OmniSeal® 400A Has Been Qualified for Rotary Union Applications
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s OmniSeal® 400A spring-energized seal has been qualified as a dynamic seal in rotary union applications for the marine industry. Common for this industry, many rotary unions are used in marine turret applications on off-shore vessels but are also utilized in chemical, semiconductor/robotics and oil & gas industries. - September 08, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Meldin® 7001 Thermoset Material Passes UL94 Flammability Tests
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Meldin® 7001 (unfilled polyimide) thermoset material, which is part of their Meldin® 7000 series product line, has passed the UL 94 flammability tests this year (a regularly occurring distinction for many years). UL 94 is a standard from Underwriters... - August 24, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Rulon® J Fluoropolymer Material ASTM Certified for Flammability, Smoke and Toxicity (FST)
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Rulon® J, one of their fluoropolymer grades, was recently certified for mass transit applications such as in trains and aircraft in regards to specific safety requirements for flammability, smoke and toxicity (FST). While composites are an excellent technology for weight reduction, most thermoset resins carry some safety risk in mass transit applications due to confined spaces and difficult and dangerous evacuation situations. - August 15, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Fluoroloy® A79 Receives Different EU Certifications for Food Application
Saint-Gobain Seals Group has recently received EU certification for their custom formulated compound, Fluoroloy® A79, regarding direct food contact. As food contact materials come into contact with the food, molecules can migrate from the food contact material to the food, and because of this,... - July 23, 2013
Boys & Girls Club of East Providence Receives Grant from Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation
In June, Saint-Gobain Seals Group presented a $5,000 check from Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation to the Boys & Girls Club of East Providence, which will be used to fund a summer program, Positive Sprouts, at their Camp Crosby facility in Bristol, Rhode Island. The Saint-Gobain Corporation... - July 20, 2013
Saint-Gobain Seals Group’s Oil and Gas Market Brochure Selected as Winner of 2013 American Inhouse Design Award
The new Oil and Gas market brochure from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals Group, has been recognized with a 2013 American Inhouse Design Award. For 50 years, the design competition –sponsored by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA), a business-to-business magazine for graphic design... - July 14, 2013