Wear Bands

The primary purpose of guide or wear rings is to guide the piston through the cylinder, keeping it aligned so it eliminates the possibility of metal to metal contact, damaging the cylinder wall and piston, causing, premature wear on sealing components.

Bergman Specialty can offer you a wide variety of materials and profiles to fit your sealing needs. Guide rings come in Nickel, Bronze, and Stainless Steel filled Teflon as well as Phenolies, and nylon.

High precision guiding elements including wear rings, guide rings and wear bands increase your systems sealing life through proper alignment and less friction, and consequently less wear.