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Dovetail Design Guide

'Dovetail' styled O-ring grooves are commonly used to hold an O-ring in place during assembly and maintenance. While Dovetail O-ring grooves are effective at keeping an O-ring in place, they are expensive to manufacture and should only be used if absolutely necessary. 


The purpose of the tables below are to serve as a design guide for Dovetail O-ring grooves using all AS568 O-ring sizes*. 


* Please note that some AS568-0XX O-rings have atypical cross sections. Please see our General Groove Guide for more information, or feel free to get in touch with our engineers if you have any questions relating to O-rings, gaskets, & custom molded parts.

Canyon Components O-Ring Dovetail Groove Design Guide with specifications for dimensions, tolerances, and installation for Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings.
Dovetail groove O-ring design reference from Canyon Components for AS568 standard and custom Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings in critical sealing applications.

Surface Finish X: 32 RMS for liquids, 16 RMS for vacuum and gases

DASH # RANGE O-RING CROSS SECTION GLAND DEPTH (D) SQUEEZE TOP CORNER GLAND WIDTH (W) GLAND CORNER RADIUS
AS568 Nominal (in) Nominal (in) Percent Nominal (in) R1 (in) R2 (in)
-004 through -050 0.070 ± 0.003 0.053 - 0.055 23 0.057 - 0.061 0.016 0.005
-102 through -178 0.103 ± 0.003 0.081 - 0.083 21 0.083 - 0.087 0.016 0.01
-201 through -284 0.139 ± 0.004 0.111 - 0.113 20 0.113 - 0.117 0.031 0.01
-309 through -395 0.210 ± 0.005 0.171 - 0.173 18 0.171 - 0.175 0.031 0.015
-425 through -475 0.275 ± 0.006 0.231 - 0.234 16 0.231 - 0.235 0.063 0.015

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Engineering guide from Canyon Components for designing dovetail O-ring grooves to secure Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings during assembly and maintenance.

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