Sealing trade fair held in Germany.

The International Trade Fair for Sealing Technology with an integrated expert forum, sponsored by Isgatec GmbH, will take place in Nuremberg, Germany, concurrent to Powtech and TechnoPharm, March 27-29.

Aggressive media, extreme temperatures and mechanical stressing are some of the challenges that seals have to withstand. This necessitates solutions which are ideally matched to the respective sealing task. This trade fair presents materials, sealing systems and processing machines for economic, watertight solutions which are tailor made to meet user requirements.

Usually, no one has much to say about seals until they no longer ideally fulfill the specified requirements, resulting in costly, image-damaging incidents or recalls, according to the sponsor. Malfunctions are said to frequently be caused by incorrect dimensioning, unsuitable sealing materials or influences resulting from seal design which have not been taken into consideration. And this is often said to result from the fact that a seemingly limitless variety of seal materials and sealing systems make it difficult for developers and engineers to make the right selection.

Identification of the technically and economically best sealing solution is said to necessitate extensive knowledge of the characteristics of the various groups of materials used in the field of sealing technology, including silicones, elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers, thermoplastics, metallic seal materials, composite materials and chemically engineered materials.

Know-how concerning the utilized production techniques and resulting tolerances, as well as legal regulations for certain applications, is also said to be absolutely essential. Precisely this type of knowledge is said to be offered by this trade fair, which will be provided with technical support by the European Sealing Association.

The International Trade Fair for Sealing and Polymer Technologies and further processing is said to have evolved into an attractive information, communication and procurement platform for developers, research and development engineers, designers and purchasing agents, as well as for users from production, quality assurance and maintenance, and technical distributors.

The exhibition portfolio includes dynamic sealing systems (mechanical face seals, shaft seals, hydraulic and pneumatic seals), chemically engineered seals, static seals made of various materials in a variety of variants, adhesive and sealing systems, liquid gaskets, sealing strips, molded parts, diaphragms, bellows and profiles.

Additional focal points include sealing materials, semi-finished seals, processing machines and equipment, tool and mold making, assembly and feed technology, measuring and test equipment, and services.

Trade fair offerings will be rounded out with the fields of bonding, joining, surface finishing and insulating.

Isgatec will also meet the demand for information regarding sealing technology with a three-day, practice-oriented expert forum under the technical direction of Wolfgang Tietze. Speakers from research and industry will offer information covering applications-related topics with more than 20 presentations. Topics will include sealing materials, adhesives and liquid gaskets, a comparison of sealing systems (static and dynamic seals), production and processing, damage analysis (causes and prevention), leak tests and services covering all aspects of sealing technology.

Further information regarding Isgatec, the agenda for the expert forum and the preliminary exhibitor lists can be accessed at www.isgatec.com, or by contacting Sandra Kiefer, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone].