About the 18^th ISC

The 18^th International Sealing Conference (18^th ISC), organized by the Fluid Power Association of the VDMA, took place on 08^th and 09^th of October 2014 at the University of Stuttgart again.

295 experts, 74 of them foreigners, from 20 countries met under the motto "Sealing Systems – Hidden High Tech" 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
• Mechanical Seals
• Reciprocating Seals and
• Energy Conservation/Friction/Wear

have been held.

Conference-accompanying a commercial exhibition and poster show with 18 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.