Sealing element and/or support ring made of compressed carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material
AssigneeBurckhardt Compression AG
InventorAlexandre Voser
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a sealing element and/or a support ring, in particular for a reciprocating compressor, manufactured by compression molding of a mixture of chips of carbon fiber-reinforced composite material, wherein at least part of the chips contains carbon fibers having a length of 3 to 20 mm, and wherein the carbon fibers in the sealing element and/or support ring have a random fiber orientation.
Claims20
A sealing element and/or support ring manufactured by compression molding of a mixture of chips of carbon fiber-reinforced composite material, at least some of the chips containing carbon fibers having a length of 3 to 20 mm, and the carbon fibers in the sealing element and/or support ring having a random fiber orientation in all three directions.
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