Automotive

In a highly competitive environment, offering innovative technological, qualitative and economically accessible solutions is the automotive industry's priority.

Owing to its ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949 and EN 9100 certifications, France Joint has become an economic and technical model, which allows it to actively assist and advise each of its automotive customers, manufacturers and suppliers in developing high-performance sealing solutions.

Committed to a total quality and continuous improvement approach on all company levels, France Joint has invested in technologies that allow it to work towards "zero fault" to satisfy its customers.

O'rings within automotive systems

The automotive industry, which uses a lot of O'Rings for static and dynamic applications, has led France Joint to develop:

Materials that are relaiable against the most aggressive fluids, covering a wide temperature range, with excellent physical properties - ACM - AEM - ECO - EPDM - FFKM - FKM - FVMQ - HNBR - NBR - VMQ

An O'Ring calculator for the most exactling engineers, enabling a precise design for optimal O'Ring sealing

New surface treatments to make automatic O'Ring fitting easier while preventing the parts from becoming stuck together

de faciliter le montage en automatique des joints toriques tout en évitant à ce que les pièces restent collées entre elles

Special packaging to limit flatness defects, which is the source of production line shut-downs in an increasingly automated industry

Dynamic seals with optimised geometries

A number of automotive applications require reliable rotary sealing solutions to resist the effects of pressure, speed, temperature, contact fluids, shaft run-out, concentricity deviation, etc. France Joint overcomes these challenges by offering precision shaft seals with:

Modern primary sealing lips with low radial forces

Radial and axial protections against underisable contaminants

Pumping leads on the primary sealing lip, air side

PTFE sealing lips or coatings for reliable sealing if there is little lubrication at very high speeds

Rubber grooves or ribs to resist against the bounce-back effect when fitting the seal

Main applications

• Fuel systems
• Air conditioning
• Power-assisted steering
• Brakes
• Powertrains
• Safety
• Suspension
• Transmission
• Gas springs