That box of assorted rubber O-rings under the workbench in your shop might supply the cure to leaky hydraulic connections, or it might just interrupt the leak for a day or two. Flat-face hydraulic ...

The space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke up over the Atlantic Ocean 35 years ago today, a national tragedy that played out on live TV 73 seconds after launch. The images and video of the ...

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Sometimes it IS simply a matter of matching the damaged O-ring to a new O-ring from the box of assorted SAE O-rings you bought at the local auto parts store. Problem solved. But what if you can’t find ...

ASTM D1414 (D 1414) covers multiple properties of O-Rings. Part of the specification includes tension testing for determining the breaking force, tensile strength, and ultimate elongation of an o-ring ...