The High Performance Seals business unit designs and manufactures a full line of polymer seals for a wide variety of critical applications and processes. Proven to withstand extreme pressure and temperature ranges, as well as harsh chemical environments, our high-performance seals provide smart, engineered solutions for the most demanding applications. Using state-of-the-art CAD/CAM programs, our team of engineers combines unparalleled seal design expertise with advanced material and spring development to create innovative sealing solutions for a variety of industries and applications.
Among the markets served by the Seals business are aerospace, industrial pumps and compressors, instrumentation, and medical, to name just a few. Saint-Gobain seals are manufactured at ISO 9001-certified facilities in Garden Grove, California, and Kontich, Belgium.
The world leader in spring-energized seal technology, our OmniSeal® seals are used in applications where durability, resistance to chemicals and operation at temperature extremes is critical.
We also offer a complete line of lip seals, featuring both metal and polymer-based casings. Ideal for high-temperature and pressure applications, our OmniLip™ rotary lip seals provide sealing at high speeds, controlled leakage, extended wear, and lower operation cost.
OmniFlex™ fluoroelastomer material is a new proprietary material offering excellent chemical resistance and inertness, good compression set and provides excellent low temperature performance. OmniFlex is a wise choice for low friction hydraulic seals and standard o-rings.
Markets Served In the aerospace market, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is an internationally recognized supplier of gas turbine shaft lip seals and spring-energized seals for the aerospace industry. Our seals are an integral part of the space shuttle and space station programs.
The instrumentation market relies on the wide-ranging chemical resistance of our seals. We are the global leader in high-pressure liquid chromatography sealing solutions.
In the petrochemical market, we are a recognized supplier of offshore sealing products, meeting customer requirements for outstanding temperature and pressure capabilities as well as extreme chemical resistance, long life and low wear.
The High-Performance Seals sector supplies the automotive market with seals for high-performance racing cars. Offering low friction and excellent sealability, our PTFE seals are winners on the Formula 1 racing circuit.
For the industrial pumps and machinery markets, our spring-energized pump seals offer exceptional chemical resistance in applications ranging from high-pressure pumps to vacuum pumps.
