About the 16th ISC
The 16th International Sealing Conference (16th ISC), organized by the Fluid Power Association of the VDMA, took place on 12th and 13th of October 2010 at the University of Stuttgart again.
300 experts, 54 of them foreigners from 13 countries, met under the motto "Sealing Systems – Cutting Edge Technology in the smallest envelope" to hear 48 lectures under the scientific auspieces of Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Werner Haas, Director Sealing Technology at the Institute of Machine Components of the University of Stuttgart.
Scientific as well as practice related lectures in the fields of
- Static Seals
- Rotary Shaft Seals
- Simulation
- Applications in Practice
- Materials and Surfaces
- Test Procedures and Results
- Reciprocating Seals and
- Energy Conservation/Friction/Wear
have been held.
Conference-accompanying a commercial exhibition and poster show with 17 participating companies took place in the lobby of the conference centre.
A good overview of the lectures held show the content of the conference literature and the summaries of the lectures. Both are available as download.
The conference documents with CD-ROM (partly in German, partly in English) are available at the contact address christian.geis@vdma.org.