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Rod & Piston (Dynamic) Design Guide

'Rod' & 'Piston' styled O-ring grooves are commonly used dynamic O-ring sealing configurations. This page specifically concerns dynamic (moving) reciprocating Rod & Piston O-ring seals.


The purpose of the tables below are to serve as a design guide for dynamic reciprocating Rod & Piston O-ring grooves using 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. 

Canyon Components O-Ring Dynamic Rod and Piston Groove Design Guide with specifications for dimensions, tolerances, and sealing using Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings.
Dynamic rod and piston O-ring design reference from Canyon Components for AS568 standard and custom Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings in motion sealing applications.
Engineering guide from Canyon Components for designing dynamic rod and piston O-ring grooves to ensure sealing performance with Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings.

Surface Finishes are RMS Values

DASH # RANGE O-RING CROSS SECTION GLAND DEPTH (D) SQUEEZE GLAND WIDTH (W) GLAND CORNER RADIUS
AS568 Nominal (in) Nominal (in) Actual (in) Percent Nominal (in) R1 (in) R2 (in)
-006 through -012 0.070 ± 0.003 0.055 - 0.057 0.010 - 0.018 15 - 25 0.093 - 0.098 0.01 0.005
-104 through -116 0.103 ± 0.003 0.088 - 0.090 0.010 - 0.018 10 - 17 0.140 - 0.145 0.01 0.005
-201 through -222 0.139 ± 0.004 0.121 - 0.123 0.012 - 0.022 9 - 16 0.187 - 0.192 0.018 0.005
-309 through -349 0.210 ± 0.005 0.185 - 0.188 0.017 - 0.030 8 - 14 0.281 - 0.286 0.028 0.005
-425 through -460 0.275 ± 0.006 0.237 - 0.240 0.029 - 0.044 11 - 16 0.375 - 0.380 0.028 0.005

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Technical resource from Canyon Components covering tolerances and groove dimensions for Kalrez®, Canrez®, Chemraz®, and Parker® O-rings in dynamic rod and piston sealing systems.

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