Chevron Seals, also known as chevron packing seals or V packing seals are highly adaptive sealing products that are used in telescoping truck hoists, pumps and valves. Chevron packing seals comprises of a set of “V” shaped components which when brought together form a complete packing assembly. These sets have varying number of center vees which form the top and bottom components of a chevron packing seals.
Chevron packing seals can be optimized by altering materials to accommodate different chemicals, pressures and temperatures. Some of the different types of Vee Packing seals include:
One important benefit of the vee packing is that it can operate under any mechanical situations. Both the top header and the bottom gland in the vee packing are known as vee packing adapters and in between them, the “V” shaped rings are placed. These “V” shaped rings can be one or more. These V shaped intermediate rings are tapered to snap-fit the housing during installation, thus they provide a good seal even at low pressures. Some of the important features of vee packing are: