O-ring Design Guide
Welcome to our O-ring Seal Design section
This O-ring seal design section will give you step by step instructions on how to design a seal or rubber part for your application. Consider this a rubber guide or O-ring guide in helping you find the exact rubber material and size you need. Some parts of this online rubber or O-ring design guide can be downloaded in PDF but everything can just be printed directly from our website for your use.
Before we get started, here is a video showing what an O-ring actually is and how it works.
Now, follow the steps below to design your own o-ring seal and o-ring groove.
Step 1
Choose your rubber properties by going to our O-ring Material Guide section.
Step 2
Make sure that the material you choose will withstand the temperature of your system by going to this rubber temperature range chart.
Step 3
Choose the correct hardness for your application by going to our rubber hardness chart.
Step 4
Design and dimension the groove that your O-ring will go into by researching our O-ring Groove Design guide.
Step 5
Choose a standard size AS568 O-ring using this O-ring Size Chart. Otherwise contact us and we can custom mold any size or shape O-ring you need.