<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>Hank, Is there anyway you could put the o ring in the flange? Also I seem to remember an o ring at the very edge of the viewport, with a slight 45 degree chamfer on the edge of the plexi glass, rather than a groove cut into the acrylic. I wouldn't want to put a groove into the acrylic.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conical port seal<BR>Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 01:24:18 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Hi Sean,</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Yes I did email it-- it is actually a picture from the Stichiw book, and is considered an acceptable option. I bet if I read it again I will find the spec for the seal. </SPAN>Personally I like the idea of an o-ring in the port. I always though that was bad, but I would sure prefer that. Today I came across a section in the Stachiw book showing a test sample port with a o-ring groove. It said there was no cracking initiated from the groove because it was close to the high pressure face of the port. Maybe I should chuck her up and machine a grove in it. What do you think about an o-ring.</DIV><DIV>Hank</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 7:07 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV dir="ltr">Did you email it? I don't see it.</DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr">I'd be inclined to stick with the PVHO recommendations (or Stachiw's book) for sealing arrangements. I think there is some discussion of gasket hardness and thickness if using a bearing gasket. I don't recall offhand though. A conical frustum window will probably use an o-ring though.</DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr">Sean</DIV>
<BR><BR><DIV>On July 27, 2016 6:27:11 PM MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BLOCKQUOTE style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">
<DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV>Hi Sean,</DIV><DIV>Did my picture make it? </DIV><DIV>Hank</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 3:41 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV dir="ltr">Hank - sorry, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Can you post a sketch of your present arrangement?</DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr">Sean<BR>
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<BR><BR><DIV>On July 27, 2016 3:10:03 PM MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BLOCKQUOTE style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">
<DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV>Hi Sean,</DIV><DIV dir="ltr">I am trying decide the simplest way to create my low pressure seal on my conical window. I has a rubber gasket with silicone originally. I did that so when the acrylic compresses the silicone will drag the gasket along for the ride. I don't think it will compress much because it so oversized for the depth. I am wondering now if a thicker softer gasket is better. The gasket would be compressed by the retaining ring. If the acrylic does compress, the gasket can expand to maintain the seal in the event that the sub reaches the surface before the acrylic has expanded.</DIV><DIV dir="ltr">Do you have a recommendation.</DIV><DIV dir="ltr">Thank you</DIV><DIV dir="ltr">Hank</DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;"></DIV><PRE></PRE><HR><BR>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR>Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<BR><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR></DIV><BR><BR></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;"></DIV><PRE></PRE><HR><BR>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR>Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<BR><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR></DIV><BR><BR></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV></DIV>_______________________________________________
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