--- title: Sheffer Pneumatic & Hydraulic Blog | Seal Solutions description: Seal Solutions | The Sheffer Pneumatic & Hydraulic Blog covers cylinder engineering and usage -- application, specifying, configuring, maintenance, failure analysis, troubleshooting and innovation. --- [![logo](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hs-fs/file-445633034-png/Image/logo.png)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/) Search this site on Google Search Google - [Application](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/application) - [Specifying](http://sheffercorp.wordpress.com/category/specifying/) - [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions) - [Configuring](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/configuring) - [Troubleshooting](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/troubleshooting) - [Maintenance](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/maintenance) - [Innovation](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/innovation) - [Failure Analysis](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/failure-analysis) ## [Why Custom Hydraulic Cylinders Matter for Industrial Performance](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/why-custom-hydraulic-cylinders-matter-for-industrial-performance) May 26, 2026 12:48:41 PM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/why-custom-hydraulic-cylinders-matter-for-industrial-performance#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hubfs/ChatGPT%20Image%20May%2026%2c%202026%2c%2012_43_58%20PM.png)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/why-custom-hydraulic-cylinders-matter-for-industrial-performance) In demanding industrial environments, standard components don’t always provide the performance, durability, or fit required for specialized applications. That’s where **custom hydraulic cylinders** become essential. From manufacturing and material handling to agriculture and heavy equipment, businesses rely on hydraulic systems tailored to their exact operational needs. [Read more of this post](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/why-custom-hydraulic-cylinders-matter-for-industrial-performance) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FILED UNDER: [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions), [Application](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/application), [Maintenance](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/maintenance), [Innovation](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/innovation), [Failure Analysis](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/failure-analysis), [Sideloading](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/sideloading), [Quality](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/quality), [Customer Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/customer-solutions) ## [How to Choose the Right Hydraulic Cylinder Seals (Engineer’s Guide)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-choose-the-right-hydraulic-cylinder-seals-engineers-guide) Feb 23, 2026 3:44:33 PM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-choose-the-right-hydraulic-cylinder-seals-engineers-guide#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hubfs/Hydraulic%20cylinder%20seal%20selection%20guide.png)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-choose-the-right-hydraulic-cylinder-seals-engineers-guide) ## How to Choose the Right Hydraulic Cylinder Seals: Hydraulic and pneumatic cylinder performance depends heavily on one critical component that often gets overlooked during early design stages: the sealing system. The right seal choice directly impacts efficiency, reliability, maintenance cycles, and overall operating cost. Understanding how materials, environments, and motion dynamics influence seal performance helps engineers avoid premature failures and maximize equipment uptime. [Read more of this post](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-choose-the-right-hydraulic-cylinder-seals-engineers-guide) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FILED UNDER: [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions), [Application](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/application) ## [How to Determine what kind of Porting you will need for your Hydraulic Cylinder Application\`](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-determine-what-kind-of-porting-you-will-need-for-your-hydraulic-cylinder-application) Jun 17, 2019 3:23:14 PM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-determine-what-kind-of-porting-you-will-need-for-your-hydraulic-cylinder-application#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hubfs/porting%20blog%20photo.png)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-determine-what-kind-of-porting-you-will-need-for-your-hydraulic-cylinder-application)   [Read more of this post](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/how-to-determine-what-kind-of-porting-you-will-need-for-your-hydraulic-cylinder-application) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FILED UNDER: [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions), [Application](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/application), [Maintenance](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/maintenance), [Failure Analysis](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/failure-analysis), [Quality](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/quality), [Customer Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/customer-solutions) ## [What you need to know about Piston Seals](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-piston-seals) Dec 20, 2018 2:16:59 PM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-piston-seals#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hubfs/piston%20seal.png)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-piston-seals) Piston sealing is critical to proper cylinder function.  Piston seals keep fluid from bypassing the piston which would otherwise reduce the pressure differential across the piston and in turn reduce the available force for the cylinder to perform work. [Read more of this post](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-piston-seals) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FILED UNDER: [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions), [Application](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/application), [Innovation](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/innovation) ## [Seek Help Choosing Fluid Power Cylinder Seals and Materials](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/seek-help-choosing-fluid-power-cylinder-seals-and-materials) Nov 24, 2015 7:00:00 AM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/seek-help-choosing-fluid-power-cylinder-seals-and-materials#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hubfs/sheffer_33.jpg)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/seek-help-choosing-fluid-power-cylinder-seals-and-materials) --- In 1962, E.F. Houghton Co. published A Handbook On Hydraulic and Pneumatic Packings for the fluid power industry. In the opening chapter there is an illustration of a “typical animal hide” which depicted the best parts of the hide that could be fabricated into leather “U” cups, “V” rings, and gaskets to seal fluid power cylinders. [Read more of this post](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/seek-help-choosing-fluid-power-cylinder-seals-and-materials) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FILED UNDER: [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions), [Troubleshooting](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/troubleshooting), [Application](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/application) ## [Checks and a Flood: Issues With a New Installation Cylinder](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/blog/Checks-and-a-Flood-Issues-With-a-New-Installation-Cylinder) Mar 10, 2014 3:30:36 PM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/blog/Checks-and-a-Flood-Issues-With-a-New-Installation-Cylinder#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hs-fs/hub/339121/file-575056367.jpg)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/blog/Checks-and-a-Flood-Issues-With-a-New-Installation-Cylinder) You know that sinking feeling when you take the first bite of a much needed lunch, the phone rings and you answer to hear the words "We have a problem; it’s a new installation and the tube seals have blown!" With thoughts of catching a snack later in the day, you attend the scene of the crime... [Read more of this post](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/blog/Checks-and-a-Flood-Issues-With-a-New-Installation-Cylinder) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FILED UNDER: [Seal Solutions](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/seal-solutions), [Troubleshooting](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/troubleshooting), [Maintenance](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/maintenance), [Failure Analysis](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/topic/failure-analysis) ## [Small Cylinders and Long Pipes](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/2013/04/08/small-cylinders-and-long-pipes) Apr 8, 2013 4:00:02 AM [LEAVE A COMMENT](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/2013/04/08/small-cylinders-and-long-pipes#comments) [![](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/hs-fs/file-448581126-jpg/blog-files/hh_large.jpg)](https://blog.sheffercorp.com/2013/04/08/small-cylinders-and-long-pipes) There was a time, almost a generation ago, when the [HH range of cylinders](http://www.sheffercorp.com/products/hydraulic-cylinders/hh-series-heavy-duty.aspx) used an array of (normally) four metallic rings as the piston seal. Their function was much along the lines of the ones used in a car engine to this day. These rings were inert to more or less anything the world threw at them. Heat was an easy task, aggressive fluids no problem and the working surface was so hard that the tube was more likely to wear over time than the seals were to lose their size. 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