Electrically conductive dynamic sealing element, its manufacturing method and sealing system
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorAlessandro Zedda
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InventorAlessandro Zedda
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The invention relates to a dynamic sealing element configured to establish a mobile and electrically conductive contact between a first member and a second member, at least one of which is mobile, a sealing system configured to transfer an electrical current, and a manufacturing method of the dynamic sealing element. The dynamic sealing element (1) comprises: a sealing body (1a) comprising an electrically conductive polymer composite, at least on an outer surface thereof intended to face the at least one mobile member; an interlayer (3) comprising a first sublayer (31) of titanium and a second sublayer (32); and a coating layer (2) directly contacting the second sublayer (32), wherein the coating layer (2) is based on a titanium-doped diamond-like carbon having a fixed concentration of titanium atoms of between 5% and 50%, and wherein the second sublayer (32) is a gradient layer of titanium-doped diamond-like carbon having a varying concentration of titanium atoms decreasing across a thickness of the second sublayer (32).
A dynamic sealing element configured to establish a mobile and electrically conductive contact between a first member and a second member, at least one of which is a mobile member movable in a linear, oscillating and/or rotary motion, the dynamic sealing element comprising:
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