Whatever manufacturing operations you are involved with, our products and services can solve your fluid sealing problems, reduce valuable downtime, improve operator safety and help environmental efficiency. We can also custom-manufacture components and assemblies in engineering plastics, high performance elastomers and many other materials on your behalf. 

Relevant products and services include:

• Hydraulic sealing products.
• 'O' rings.
• Cut gaskets and jointings.
• Metallic gaskets and ring joints. 
• Compression packings for pumps and valves.
• Rotary lip seals.
• High performance elastomers and mouldings.
• Engineering plastics.
• Expansion joints and bellows.
• Pipe support products.
• Anti-vibration machinery mounts.
• Safety flooring products.
• Tension control fasteners.
• Profile cutting services.
• Plant maintenance and refurbishment. 

Hydraulic sealing products

Our family of hydraulic sealing products covers virtually every hydraulic application. Ranges of rod/gland seals, piston seals, wipers and bearing strips suit the most accurate instruments and control actuators up to the heaviest extrusion and forging presses, jacks and cylinders. All these products are designed and proven to give optimum equipment performance with long trouble-free operating life.

'O' rings

Over seven million 'O' rings of inch and metric sizes are held in stock for immediate delivery. We precision mould 'O' rings in over 100 general and high performance elastomers, and are also UK authorised distributor for Kalrez^® perfluoroelastomer 'O' rings and other fluid handling parts manufactured by DuPont Performance Elastomers. In addition, our commercial grade 'O' rings, 'O' ring cord and 'O' ring kits are suitable for duties where our top grade products are unnecessary.

Cut gaskets & jointings

We produce precision cut gaskets to any shape, size or quantity from any sheet material using CAD/CAM abrasive waterjet or laser cutters. Our jointings include a full range of top value compressed fibre grades, plus Supagraf^® expanded graphite, Fluolion^® Integra White & Blue stabilised PTFE, and Nebar^® cork/elastomer grades. Gaskets from all these materials are used worldwide for OEM and plant maintenance applications.

Metallic gaskets & ring joints

Metakamm^® Kammprofile type gaskets and Metaflex^® spiral wound are widely specified where temperatures, pressures, flow rates and vibration are beyond the capability of conventional flange jointings. Likewise our Moorside^® API and ASME ring joints solve flange jointing problems with high pressure/temperature pipework.

Compression packings for pumps & valves

Our vast range of compression packings caters for all known operating conditions with valves, rotary and reciprocating pumps and similar plant. Exfoliated graphite packings, such as Supagraf^® Control and Supagraf^® Premier, are proven for fugitive emission control in valves. In addition, many of our multi-service packings - such as Liongraf and Fluolion^® Emulsion 2XA - are renown for long trouble-free operation in pumps or valves handling steam, fuel oils, process water and highly abrasive fluid media.

Rotary lip seals

The Walkersele^® family of radial lip seals provides customers with a vast combination of lip profiles, materials and construction to protect bearing assemblies on rotating shafts and rotary plant. We mould Walkerseles from 10mm up to unlimited diameter. Using our patented Walkersele^® OSJ-2 On-Site Joining technique, the seals can be fitted without plant stripdown.  

High performance elastomers & mouldings

We constantly develop and exploit new high performance elastomers that have improved resistance to chemical attack, abrasion or extremes of temperature/pressure. These materials are supplied as precision moulded components, extrusions, sheeting or rubber-to-metal bonded parts for our customers to use within their own assemblies. 

Engineering plastics 

We have vast experience in the design and manufacture of customised and standard components in many exotic materials - as well as more general polymers such as nylon, polyurethane and PTFE. Our facilities enable us to produce parts in small batches up to millions, using techniques such as plastics moulding, casting, machining and bonding. 

Expansion joints & bellows

Comflex expansion joints cater for all  duties and temperatures from -60°C to well over +500°C. Applications include gas turbine exhausts, hot air ducts, fans, boiler side walls and exhaust gas ducts. Our flexible bellows protect components from abrasive environments and retain lubricants on duties ranging from hydraulic rams to machine slides, and valve stems to screw threads on precision equipment. 

Pipe support products

Tico^® Pipe Grips and Clip Strip will mount and support pipework at up to 300°C - they dampen vibration, allow for thermal movement and provide galvanic insulation. Tico^® Slide Bearings allow movement with stable support for mechanical systems and pipework.

Anti-vibration machinery mounts

Our highly developed machinery mounting pads provide safe and sure support for presses, machine tools and other plant, plus isolation from shock, noise and vibration. By bonding pads to the floor, customers can avoid mechanical fixings and retain layout flexibility. The Adjustamount^® system allows plant height, gradient or level to be precision adjusted.

Safety flooring products

Treadmaster^® safety flooring products provide comfortable, slip-resistant surfaces for industrial environments. These products are widely used for catwalks, machine and assembly shops, plant rooms and works offices, as well as public areas.

Tension control fasteners 

RotaBolt^® stud and bolt tension monitoring systems are accurate to ±5%. They are used across all industry sectors where the failure of a bolted system could have serious health & safety, environmental or financial consequences.  RotaBolt^® tension control is recommended for structural, mechanical and flange tightening applications.

Profile cutting services

Our CAD/CAM controlled abrasive waterjet cutters and state-of-the-art laser cutters produce complex precision-cut profiles in any sheet material - swiftly, economically and cleanly. Cutting capability includes stainless steels - from foil thickness up to 100mm - as well as titanium sheet.  We work from customers' CAD files via email, or by digitising templates, samples or drawings.

Plant maintenance & refurbishment

On-site maintenance and workshop-based refurbishment of valves, pumps, hydraulic systems and other plant is a key service we provide. Skilled craftsmen at our dedicated workshops use the best equipment, materials and components for these projects, and all plant items are tested and certified before re-installation. Our on-site staff are fully experienced and hold safety passports.