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[PSUBS-MAILIST] O-Rings & Acrylic Ports



Please refer to Jerry Stachiw’s tome of acrylic ports, he is adamant about not using O-rings with submersible domes and ports…they cause a localization of stress.  He wife reiterated and was adamant about this point during the Holland conference.  Stachiw’s numerous experiments that proved this point are well documented in the book.  The standards for acrylic domes and ports installation in subs were developed from his work (and if I remember correctly, which he wrote).

 

While early subs used O-rings, this was found to be hazardous so later designs employed gasket material and/or bedding compounds.  These are actually easier to work with that having to cut O-ring surfaces.

 

Respectfully,

Jay K. Jeffries

Andros Is., Bahamas

 

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

    - Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)