Olympus O-RING UW SILICONE POL-E03A

today we're going to talk about lubrication of o-rings lubrication of o-rings is extremely important the greatest benefit and using a lubricant is typically contained during installation using a lubricant is going to decrease the surface friction of the o-ring helping to prevent abrasion pinching or cutting of the o-ring during installation lubricating and o-ring can also help to seat the o-ring properly into the application as well as aid and speed up automated assembly processes the proper method of applying a lubricant to an o-ring always seems to be an area of concern for many of our customers and there are many methods used in the marketplace one is to apply the lubricant to the o-ring using your fingers your hand or brush another is to dip the o-ring into a container of the lubricant a third method commonly used is to dispense the o-ring lubricant into the seal packaging and use w