How Piston Rings Are Made - Total Seal Shop Tour

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • NHRA's Alan Reinhart takes you behind the scenes at Total Seal Piston Rings for an inside look at just how piston rings are made! From CNC coiling to aerospace coatings, modern piston rings utilize advanced materials to outperform "old school" rings. Thinner, Lighter, but Stronger, steel piston rings are the choice of Formula 1, NASCAR and NHRA teams. Plus, every Total Seal AP ring set is made its the USA!
    For more about Total Seal and piston ring applications, check out www.TotalSeal.com
    #howitsmade #pistonrings

Комментарии • 103

  • @Alan_Hans__
    @Alan_Hans__ Год назад +13

    Very nice. There's a lot more that goes on with the rings than I expected. I had no idea that square wire was a thing. I guess without that we wouldn't have slinkies ;)

  • @robertwest3093
    @robertwest3093 Год назад +14

    Thank for the shop tour! I never knew there were this many precision steps in making rings. Between this video and the one with Lake Speed Jr I have a newfound respect for what you guys do!

  • @danielhertz7266
    @danielhertz7266 Год назад +11

    Awesome video! All the right steps done with extreme attention to every detail. 👏🏽

  • @bobqzzi
    @bobqzzi Год назад +19

    This is great. I've always wondered how they did such precise machining. love to see a more in depth look at each process in future videos

  • @DavidHey-vd5wn
    @DavidHey-vd5wn 8 месяцев назад +1

    I was an apprentice machine tool maintenance fitter in the early sixties in leeds uk with specialloid piston company and piston rings were machined from cast tube roughly machined internally and externaly then parted off from back with staggered parting off blades towards the headstock chuck then a whole other operations porobably alien to todays methods with todays highly advanced elecronicaly controlled machinery!

  • @kevind1865
    @kevind1865 Год назад +5

    This is a great video with fantastic production value. Well done!

  • @bradrock7731
    @bradrock7731 Год назад +7

    Very interesting! Thank you for this. I must have installed hundreds of thousands,, when working at Fords Rouge engine plant back in the early seventies. I wonder if they still use a 'bump table' to install them by hand at the factory? Or if it's done by robot now? The oil rings were done completely by hand back then. ( Hard on fingers)

  • @emillundberg8
    @emillundberg8 6 месяцев назад +2

    allways been a mahle fan but i will try total seal on my next build thx to this video

  • @waynec369
    @waynec369 Год назад +4

    I knew it! I knew they weren't machined from solid stock! They had to be roll formed. Thanks for the validation! I know mechanical engineers with letters after their name who believe rings are machined from solid stock.

  • @landonthompson5604
    @landonthompson5604 Год назад +15

    Definitely will be getting my business when I finally get my prosthetic leg 🦿 so I can walk again, I'm going to become a dirt track racer and one of the first to win my local track championship as a amputee.

  • @orionmachine9745
    @orionmachine9745 Год назад +4

    No secret! Muskegon Piston Ring & SEALED POWER, Mass production and custom orders since 1901. Bought out and moved out of Michigan 1970's.Nice over view for those uninitiated. 👍

  • @johnvanderburgh4502
    @johnvanderburgh4502 Год назад +1

    fabulous attention to detail !

  • @ashtechltd
    @ashtechltd Год назад +4

    Thanks for this video! Amazing stuff guys.

  • @darylcav6285
    @darylcav6285 Год назад +1

    That was very cool, I had no idea

  • @Comet-hn3gm
    @Comet-hn3gm Год назад +1

    Good stuff. I have been using them for many years.

  • @johnvanderburgh4502
    @johnvanderburgh4502 Год назад +2

    thank you very much ! great video highly educational ;)

  • @nigelturner9606
    @nigelturner9606 Год назад +1

    Cracking video!

  • @DownhillAllTheWay
    @DownhillAllTheWay 11 месяцев назад +1

    I heard that the "Slinky" toy, that walks down stairs, was originally made for making piston rings. I don't know if that's true or not, but it certainly seems plausible.

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  11 месяцев назад

      That is absolutely true. A coil of un-cut oil ring rails is called a slinky!

  • @johnnienitro6812
    @johnnienitro6812 Год назад +2

    WOW......Crazy good stuff......Thanks!

  • @MrTheHillfolk
    @MrTheHillfolk Год назад +3

    0:49
    Yup they won't sell ya something that just fits,it works.
    I was told to send em my OEM rings for top gapless modification, since the OEM ring was such nice quality.
    Nice to do a minor upgrade to the wheel, not reinvent it.

  • @notyouraveragegoldenpotato
    @notyouraveragegoldenpotato Год назад +1

    None of my old motor builds were standardized enough anymore to order 4 -8 rings directly to fit. I run ALOT of boost, 4 cars, big singles, big twins. Ive ALWAYS done it by hand, perfect to every cylinder (they may be a thou off from each other)

  • @andrekemp5059
    @andrekemp5059 Год назад

    Amazing Ring Zingers

  • @shaneshane1379
    @shaneshane1379 Год назад +2

    God bless America!
    That's good stuff!
    🇱🇷🏁😁

  • @larryperry2094
    @larryperry2094 Год назад +2

    Good video.

  • @Airsally
    @Airsally Год назад +1

    Very informative.....loved it

  • @irish-simon
    @irish-simon Год назад +2

    fantastic video god I'd love that guy to do a shop tour of my shop

  • @cabletie69
    @cabletie69 Год назад +1

    valuable information. Thank you.

  • @gbipit1
    @gbipit1 10 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome

  • @JoopKomkommerShake
    @JoopKomkommerShake Год назад +1

    Nice explained and presented.

  • @ranchhandmike
    @ranchhandmike Год назад +1

    I would like to know how you make the candy that used to come with your rings sets.

  • @m.a.p.4hp737
    @m.a.p.4hp737 Год назад +1

    How long has Total Seal been making piston rings?

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +1

      Since 1967. We've been making steel piston rings since 2002.

  • @mick00000000002
    @mick00000000002 Месяц назад

    Piston ring with a key . That match to a position.
    Where they dont turn . Amd dont loss compression.
    Normal ring can match where oil and air goes buy. Blow buy.
    Patten done. Mick Australia

  • @rockpadstudios
    @rockpadstudios Год назад +1

    amazing

  • @clip88th33
    @clip88th33 Год назад +2

    What material is it made of?

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад

      The steel rings are made from stainless steel or tool steel depending upon the application.

    • @clip88th33
      @clip88th33 Год назад

      @@TotalSeal What type exactly? Thank you

  • @tomintexas817
    @tomintexas817 Год назад +1

    85 toyota 4runner 22re totalseal rings

  • @breoll86
    @breoll86 Год назад +2

    What's the typical turnaround time once you receive an order?

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +1

      If the rings are in stock, it takes 1 or 2 days. If they have to be built from scratch 8 to 10 weeks.

  • @carloslemos6919
    @carloslemos6919 Год назад +2

    How are cast iron rings made? Do they start out their life as wire too?

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +3

      Great question. Cast iron rings are poured in a foundry. They begin life as a cuff (looks like a piece of tubing) and then a cut down into a finished ring.

    • @carloslemos6919
      @carloslemos6919 Год назад +1

      @@TotalSeal Thank you guys! So nice to see the technical details 🙌

  • @TheJagjr4450
    @TheJagjr4450 Год назад +2

    The large bore size looks like the 1905 Cadiallac one cyclinder engine I helped my father in law rebuild. WOW

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад

      There’s all kinds of interesting things that come through the shop!

  • @brianb5779
    @brianb5779 Год назад

    Question? With rings not needed to be seated anymore like the ole' days, does this apply to all the manufacturers or just total seal. I was surprised to hear this in the video since i figured they would still need seated w the bore somewhat.

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +1

      Great question. While the rings don’t need to break-in, the cylinder walls still do, so there is some break-in that has to occur. We’ve just reduced the amount of break-in time and wear.

    • @brianb5779
      @brianb5779 Год назад

      @TotalSeal Thank you very much for the info and reply. I just did a leakdown on a new motor w maybe 50 miles on it and its at 12 percent so this lets me know hopefully itll get better. Unless of course it should have been seated by now.

  • @miketaylor6282
    @miketaylor6282 7 месяцев назад

    Translation: This machine replaces 8 machine operators. 06:38

  • @anytractorman
    @anytractorman Год назад

    So do you make rings for a toyota 2afe engine?

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад

      Yes, contact us at 623-587-7400 or info@totalseal.com

  • @brianhoefer7148
    @brianhoefer7148 Год назад +2

    Fifty millionths .00005 or one half of one ten thousandth of an inch.

  • @johnvanderburgh4502
    @johnvanderburgh4502 Год назад +1

    Total seal !

  • @sunroad7228
    @sunroad7228 Год назад

    "In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most.
    Time taken in stocking energy to build an energy system, adding to it the time taken in building the system will always be longer than the entire useful lifetime of the system.
    No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores.
    No system of energy can deliver sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it.
    This universal truth applies to all systems.
    Energy, like time, flows from past to future"(2017).

  • @tommooe4524
    @tommooe4524 Год назад +1

    You still didn’t show how to coil the ring

    • @ruben_balea
      @ruben_balea Год назад

      At 1:33 look all the way back to see new rings being coiled. It's the same way some springs are coiled, search for video "CNC AIM 4000" to see an example.

  • @cobra7250
    @cobra7250 Год назад

    Friction
    Although the friction force depends on the normal force, the second law of friction says that friction force does NOT depend on the area of contact between the object and the surface. Imagine if you turned a box so that less of it was touching the floor. Would that change the normal force? No! The box still weighs the same, so the normal force doesn't change, even if the area of contact does.
    I think this will interest you.

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +3

      Agreed, but there is another variable in ring on liner friction that the law doesn't account for - fluid drag. Piston rings are not dry sliding. They are moving on a film of oil, so the ring face area does have an effect of drag (no different than frontal area in a wind tunnel). We also choose certain face coatings with a lower coefficient of friction, which lowers the friction force. By reducing the friction force and drag, we make piston rings that increase engine efficiency.

  • @RogueBro
    @RogueBro 8 месяцев назад

    How do I connect with you guys

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  8 месяцев назад

      Call 623-587-7400

  • @robertmccully2792
    @robertmccully2792 Год назад +1

    Dang,,

  • @RIPSAWONE
    @RIPSAWONE Год назад

    If you design a set of rings for a stock street driven car. Let's say and old fashion cast iron V8 with 4" pistons.
    When it warms up, the piston get a little bigger. Interestingly the cylinder also gets a little bigger.
    Stands to reason that the ring grows bigger on both the outer diameter and the inner diameter.
    A lot of people think the inner diameter gets smaller. I think they are wrong..??
    We hear the suggestion for ring gap to be about .004 per inch of cylinder.
    So a 4.000 stock ring should be about .020 gap. Why would .008 not be good enough if everything grows outward?

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +1

      The bore, the pistons and the rings don’t all expand equally, so that is why the guidance is listed the way it is.

    • @fuckingpippaman
      @fuckingpippaman Год назад +1

      its linear expansion* A linear expansion on a cylinder is outwards because its the only way to go. On a ring its lenghtwise on the circumference so the gap closes off.

  • @ahsanbaloch3265
    @ahsanbaloch3265 8 месяцев назад

    38cr

  • @mohanperformance.enginerd.1308
    @mohanperformance.enginerd.1308 Год назад +1

    Very informative. But still we dont know how a ring is made.

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад +1

      The section showing the coiler is how the ring is coiled. Every step shown is part of the process of making the ring. Each step is the process.

  • @fabrisoto
    @fabrisoto Год назад +1

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @brazilnut8898
    @brazilnut8898 Год назад

    You skipped the important parts... you showed us the finishing treatments but not how piston rings are made

    • @TotalSeal
      @TotalSeal  Год назад

      The section showing the coiler is how the ring is coiled. Every step shown is part of the process of making the ring. Each step is the process.

  • @lowprofilepersonwithbigbra669
    @lowprofilepersonwithbigbra669 11 месяцев назад

    u talk to much old man, just straight to the point

  • @user-jq6lg2zm3m
    @user-jq6lg2zm3m Год назад

    อะไรของมึง ไม่เห็นขั้นตอนการทำแหวนเลย กล้องถ่ายแต่หน้าคน มึงหล่อมากรึไง?.