| Seals and Sealing System Design of Actuation Systems in Military and Commercial Aircraft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I.D. # | C1131 | Duration | .5 Day | |||||||||||||||||||||
SAE International is pleased to offer this professional development seminar in conjunction with the SAE A-6 Aerospace Actuation, Control and Fluid Power Systems Committee meetings. This four hour short course intends to present an overview of seals and sealing system design for military and commercial aircraft. It is aimed to provide engineers having some previous actuator and control valve design background with an understanding of the general hardware groove standards, standard parts for static applications and how seal designs and sealing systems can be best used in dynamic reciprocating and rotary applications. Information will be provided regarding seal material and fluid compatibility, friction drag, expected wear rates depending on operating conditions and duty cycle, hardware surface finish and topography. Also included will be information on seal installation procedures and potential pitfalls to avoid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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By attending this seminar, you will be able to:
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| Who Should Attend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This seminar is designed for engineers and other key personnel with some actuator and control valve design knowledge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendees should have some previous actuator and control valve design experience. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Instructor(s): | Alan Schofield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan Schofield is an active consultant for Greene, Tweed & Co., where he recently retired as Global Director of Engineering. With global responsibility for the engineering function of the organization¿s five business groups, as well as the Central Engineering function, Mr. Schofield was in charge of the management of all aspects of engineering design, product and material development covering applications engineering, R&D, validation, and in-service engineering support of all products. The Global Engineering function consisted of 118 engineers and support staff distributed over 10 sites in the USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan and Singapore. Mr. Schofield was also Aerospace Engineering Manager prior to his appointment as Global Director. Prior to that he was with Coorstek as Director of Engineering Sales and Marketing, at Fluorocarbon Co. (now St. Gobain) as Seals Product Manager, at Shamban Intl. as Engineering Manager , and at W. S. Shamban & Co. (now Trelleborg) as Sales Engineer. The holder of three U.S. patents involving seal design and application, Mr. Schofield presently serves on the Steering Council for the SAE-A6 Fluid Power, Actuation and Control Technology Committee. Additionally, he also represented Airbus on the SAE-A6C2 Seals Panel, serving as Panel Chair for eight years and Secretary for six years. He has also served as a member of the SAE- AMS Committee P (Polymers) for twenty-three years and the AMS Committee CE (Elastomers) for fourteen years. During his participation in SAE committees, Mr. Schofield has acted as sponsor for twenty-two document reviews and sponsor for the publication of six new documents. Mr. Schofield received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in the UK. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fees: | $295 | SAE Members*: | 295 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| * The appropriate SAE Member discount will be applied through the Registration process. Discounts vary according to level of membership: Elite Member 20%; Premium Member 15%; Classic Member 10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CEU | .4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||