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International O-ring sizes

An O-ring, or toroidal seal, is the most common type of seal used in the world today.

Used to form a physical barrier to prevent the mixing of gases or liquid fluids, the simple toroidal shape of an O-ring has proven to offer high sealing efficiency across a wide range of applications.

PPE manufactures elastomer O-rings from a broad range of material grades to the following international standard O-ring sizes.

Need help sizing your hardware for standard sized O-rings?  Visit our O-ring groove dimension look-up tool.

International O-ring sizes

AS 568

SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Standard O-ring sizes

BS 1806

British O-ring sizes (imperial)

BS 4518

British O-ring sizes (metric O-rings)

British 500-800

British Standard extended series 500-800 O-ring sizes (imperial)

BS 4825-5

Part 5 RJT O-rings for hygienic union connectors

British Dowty

British Dowty O-ring sizes (imperial)

DIN 3771

German metric O-ring sizes

DIN 11864

O-ring sizes for aseptic pipe couplings

ISO 3601

International Organisation for Standardisation (metric O-rings)

JIS B 2401

Japanese Industrial Standard (P, G and V) metric O-ring sizes

LJF ‘R’

Le Joint Français ‘R’ metric O-ring sizes

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O-ring size (no tooling charge)

Search for O-ring sizes which do not incur a tooling charge when combined with selected PPE materials.

O-ring groove dimensions calculator

This easy to use online tool allows you to obtain the recommended O-ring groove dimensions and gland sizes for AS, BS and ISO standard size O-rings.

Why do O-rings fail

View our ‘Why do O-rings fail?’ guide here. It provides details of some of the most common failure modes.