Triumph for new seals
July 1st 2008 When Triumph Motorcycles
required a new seal within a
three month lead time, it
turned to Pioneer Weston
International (PWI), a
division of ERIKS UK for
the solution.
Pre-production testing of
prototypes of a new
Triumph model showed
that enhanced sealing for
the gearbox output shaft
would improve
performance and reliability.
Seals were required to
work continuously at
temperatures in excess of
70°C in an oil-laden
environment on a shaft
rotating at up to 3000rpm.
PWI, with its own inhouse
materials laboratory
and dynamic test facilities,
produced the first samples
in less than three weeks.
After 300h of validation
testing, the seals were
released to Triumph so that
it could carry out its own
testing and evaluation.
The seals proved to be
right first time which meant
production quantities could
be delivered to meet
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