Hydraulic Equipment
Hydraulic Applications
FTL supports heavy duty hydraulic systems in steel and metal processing, providing sealing solutions built for extreme pressure, constant cycling, abrasive conditions and high temperatures. Typical applications include:
- Hydraulic cylinders such as main rams, container cylinders and drawback cylinders.
- Continuous casters and rolling mills exposed to constant load, heat and contamination.
- Forging and extrusion presses operating under high pressure and short stroke conditions.
- Segment cylinders and large bore actuators in heavy machinery.
- Hydraulic systems in billet shears, scrap presses and mill equipment needing long life sealing.
- Industrial actuators across steelworks and metal forming lines requiring precise, repeatable motion.
Rotary Seals
Reciprocating Seals
How we can improve your system
FTL designs sealing solutions around the exact operating conditions of heavy industry equipment. By tailoring materials, geometries and configurations to the pressures, temperatures, contamination levels and duty cycles found in steel and metal processing, we deliver high performance and long service life in harsh environments.
Our portfolio includes heavy duty V packings for hydraulic cylinders, spring energised PTFE seals for high pressure reciprocating systems and fabric reinforced rotary shaft seals for large industrial drives. This application focused approach ensures each solution integrates seamlessly into continuous casters, rolling mills, forging presses and other critical equipment, supporting greater uptime, reliability and operational efficiency.
Case Studies
Our case studies show how FTL helps customers improve reliability, reduce downtime and solve complex sealing challenges. We work closely with OEMs from early design stages, providing proposal drawings, material guidance and technical support to ensure each solution is engineered for its operating conditions.
Our internal testing capability supports validation by assessing performance at customer matched parameters, helping refine designs and confirm suitability before field use. By combining collaborative development, strong application knowledge and structured validation, FTL delivers solutions that improve long term performance and give customers confidence in the outcome
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Industry experts
For over 25 years, FTL has been developing personalised sealing and engineering solutions in the steel sector to address all types of challenges.
A wide range of solutions
Using our in-house expertise, we’ve developed solutions for a wide range of steel processes, which include extrusion presses, rolling mills, blast furnaces, forging presses and more.
A trusted partner to leading steel companies
Over the years, we’ve developed strong partnerships with a number of steel plants across the globe and our solutions have enabled them to function at a high level.