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  3. What Is a Dynamic O-ring Seal?

What is a dynamic o-ring seal?

Dynamic o-ring seals are created between the rotating shaft and a stationary housing.

 

Cutaway of a pump with a dynamic seal

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Viking Pump, a Unit of IDEX Corporation, leads the world in the design and manufacture of rotary Positive Displacement Pumps for use in some of the toughest applications. Since 1911, our innovative products have been key contributors to successful operations in virtually every industry—from military, to food and beverage, to chemicals, fuels, and plastics—reliably pumping materials that are thin, thick, hot, cold, liquid, solid, etc.

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