Slide ring seal assembly for the running gears of track-laying vehicles

Abstract

In a slide ring seal assembly having slide rings comprised of a casting material for running gears of track-laying vehicles and construction machinery, the improvement being slide rings composed of a gray cast iron alloy having a pearlitic matrix structure having lamellar separation of graphite therein, having a hardness value of at least 110 HRB, and being composed of: 2.99 weight percent of carbon; 4.61 weight percent of silicon; 0.77 weight percent of manganese; 0.53 weight percent of phosphorus; 0.039 weight percent of sulfur; 1.7 weight percent of chromium; 0.81 weight percent of vanadium; 1.86 weight percent of copper; and iron as remainder.

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