CURC seal saves thousands for US company

With Craig Sigler

What does the company do and what was the existing seal and support system being used for?

The company is an automotive manufacturing and engineering operation that performs assembly of automotive components, applies E-coat for corrosion protection, and other related processes. The existing seal was a Chinese made component seal.

What was the main problem the company was facing and how long had they been struggling to find a solution?

The e-coat process liquid was coating the seal with a film and hardening on the faces of the seal and other components of the seal. The component seal was failing approximately every three months for a minimum of one year.

How serious was the problem, what would have happened if AESSEAL hadn’t been able to find a solution? How costly was it proving?

The issue would cause stoppage of production when a seal failure would occur. The pump going down would back up the coating line which would affect output of automobile components, thus not meeting production quotas. The cost of proving was approximately $750 US, which was an AES component seal and an AES packing ring set that were trialled first before introducing the CURC seal.

Why was it a health and safety issue?

The health and safety issue was the leaking of the E-coat on the production floor.

Why is the CURC ideal for this sort of application? Was it an obvious solution and why?

The CURC seal allows for flushing of the E-coat fluid from the seal. Yes, it was an obvious solution due to the flushing capability.

Was this an existing customer? Did they approach AESSEAL and how pleased were they with the work? How much money have they saved?

Yes, this was an existing customer. They approached AESSEAL asking for a solution to an on-going problem. To date the customer has spent $3,500 on the initial cost of the CURC seal and this has run for 18 months with no issues. In the same amount of time, they would have changed out the $800 component seal six times.

Have further orders come as a result?

Yes, the customer has purchased at least one of our CDPN products since the success of the CURC seal.