Consumer solutions

Cost Saving and Reliable Polymer Seals and Materials

Saint-Gobain Seals has worked with many consumer businesses with their sealing solution needs, combining improved performance and cost reduction through our OmniSeal®, Rulon® and Meldin® materials. Our products are used in household appliances as well as high-performance bicycles:

• Low friction, long wear bearings for dryers  
• Injection molded solutions with complex design for washing machines
• Over-molded thermoplastic solutions for dishwashers and garbage disposals
• Sealing solutions for coffee machines
• Guide rings for bicycle shock absorbers

In particular, our Rulon® J was selected to improve the performance of a bicycle rear shock absorber manufactured by a well-known US bicycle component manufacturer at their production facility in Taiwan.  The manufacturer previously used a glide ring made from an alternative high-performance plastic; however, it did not meet the challenging leakage requirements.

How Our Critical parts make THE difference: