MCE 11 Fluid Seals and Their Housings
MCE 11 is the UK National Committee responsible for Seals standards within the Fluid Power Category. Members of this committee also provide the UK view to the following international committees; ISO/TC 131/SC 7 (Including Working Groups 1, 2, 3 & 4).
| Nick Peppiatt | MP Filtri UK Limited | Committee Chairman |
| Nicky Quinn | BFPA | Committee Secretary |
| Philippa Younas | BSI | BSI Liaison |
| Representative | Freudenberg Sealing Technologies | Committee Member |
| Representative | James Walker and Company | Committee Member |
| Representative | Hallite Seals International | Committee Member |
| Representative | European Sealing | Committee Member |
| Representative | Idexcorp | Committee Member |
| Representative | Dupont | Committee Member |
| Representative | Robert Flitney | Committee Member |
Committee description, responsibilities, terms of reference and scope
| Committee | Category 1 | Category 2 | Number | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings (metric) | BS 4518:1982+A2:2014 | Specification for metric dimensions of toroidal sealing rings (O-rings) and their housings |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings (metric) back-ups | BS 5106:1988 | Specification of spiral anti-extrusion back-up rings and their housings |
| MCE 11 | Nomenclature-rubbers | Nomenclature-rubbers | BS ISO 1629:2013 | Rubber and latices. Nomenclature |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings - dimensions | BS ISO 3601-1:2012+A1:2019 | Fluid power systems – O-rings Part 1: Inside diameters, cross-sections, tolerances and designation codes |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings - housings | BS ISO 3601-2:2016+Corr July 2017 | Fluid Power Systems - O-rings Part 2: Housing dimensions for general applications |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings - quality | BS ISO 3601-3:2005+A1:2018 | Fluid Power Systems - O-rings Part 3: Quality acceptance criteria |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings - back-ups | BS ISO 3601-4:2008 | Fluid Power Systems - O-rings Part 4: Anti-extrusion rings (back-up rings) |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings - materials | BS ISO 3601-5:2015+Corr March 2017 | Fluid Power Systems - O-rings Part 5: Specification of elastomeric materials for industrial applications |
| MCE 11 | Reciprocating seal housings | Housings for single acting seals | BS ISO 5597:2018 | HFP – Cylinders – Dimensions and tolerances of housings for single acting piston and rod seals in reciprocating application |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - housings | BS ISO 6194-1:2007 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating elastomeric sealing elements Part 1: Nominal dimensions and tolerances |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - vocabulary | BS ISO 6194-2:2009 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating elastomeric sealing elements Part 2: Vocabulary |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals -handling | BS ISO 6194-3:2009 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating elastomeric sealing elements Part 3: Storage, handling and installation |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - testing | BS ISO 6194-4:2009 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating elastomeric sealing elements Part 4: Performance test procedures |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - quality | BS ISO 6194-5:2008 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating elastomeric sealing elements Part 5: Identification of visual imperfections |
| MCE 11 | Reciprocating seal housings | Housings for rod wipers | BS ISO 6195:2021 | Fluid power systems and components. Cylinder-rod wiper-ring housings in reciprocating applications. Dimensions and tolerances |
| MCE 11 | Reciprocating seal housings | Housings for double acting piston seals | BS ISO 6547:1981 | HFP – Cylinders – Piston seal housings incorporating bearing rings – Dimensions and tolerances |
| MCE 11 | Reciprocating seal housings | Housings for plastic-faced piston seals | BS ISO 7425-1:2021 | Hydraulic fluid power cylinders. Dimensions and tolerances of housings for elastomer-energized, plastic-faced seals - Piston seal housings |
| MCE 11 | Reciprocating seal housings | Housings for plastic-faced rod seals | BS ISO 7425-2:2021 | Hydraulic fluid power cylinders. Dimensions and tolerances of housings for elastomer-energized, plastic-faced seals - Rod seal housings |
| MCE 11 | Bearing housings | Housings for cylinder bearings | BS ISO 10766:2014 | HFP – Cylinders – Housing dimensions for rectangular section-cut bearing rings for pistons and rods |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals housings | BS ISO 16589-1:2011+ A1:2018 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating thermoplastic sealing elements Part 1: Nominal dimensions and tolerances |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - vocabulary | BS ISO 16589-2:2011 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating thermoplastic sealing elements Part 2: Vocabulary |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - handling | BS ISO 16589-3:2012+Corr April 2012 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating thermoplastic sealing elements Part 3: Storage, handling and installation |
| MCE 11 | Rotary shaft seals | Rotary Shaft Lip-type Seals - testing | BS ISO 16589-4:2011 | Rotary shaft lip-type seals incorporating thermoplastic sealing elements Part 4: Performance test procedures |
| MCE 11 | Vee-pack stack heights | Vee-pack stack heights | ISO 3939:1977 | Fluid Power Systems and Components - Multiple lip packing sets - Methods for measuring stack heights |
| MCE 11 | Reciprocating seal testing | Reciprocating seal testing | ISO 7986:1997 | HFP - Sealing devices - Standard test methods to assess the performance of seals used in oil hydraulic reciprocating applications |
| MCE 11 | O-rings | O-rings - sizes | BS ISO 16031-1:2002 | Aerospace fluid systems - O-rings, inch series - Inside diameters and cross- sections, tolerances and size-identification codes Part 1: Close tolerances for hydraulic systems |
| MCE 11 | Compatibility - fluids and seal materials | Compatibility - fluids and seal materials | BS ISO 6072:2011 | Rubber – Compatibility between hydraulic fluids and standard elastomeric materials |
| MCE 11 | Compatibility - fluids and seal materials | Compatibility - fluids and seal materials | BS ISO 13226:2018 | Rubber. Standard reference elastomers (SREs) for characterizing the effect of liquids on vulcanized rubbers |
