What Is A Back-up Ring?
It is a ring manufactured from a variety of relatively hard materials, which when placed in a seal groove between the O-ring and the clearance gap i.e. on the seal’s low-pressure side, acts as a support for the O-ring.
The Function Of A Back-up Ring :
The backup ring blocks the gap into which the pressurised O-ring might otherwise extrude in both static and dynamic applications. The back-up ring also reduces friction and wear by trapping lubricant around the seal.
Note: The use of harder 90-durometer O-rings is used to better resist extrusion. Friction and wear normally increase with this harder material. In many cases, a longer-lasting solution may be the use of a 70-durometer with a 90-durometer back-up.
Good Advice: It is wise to use two back-ups, one on either side of the O-ring, even if pressure is from one side only, as this eliminates the possibility of installing a single back-up on the wrong side of the O-ring.
Tests have proved conclusively that using a back-up has clear advantages.
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