Groove design is one of the tasks involved in designing a sealing system. In the case of the particularly widespread sealing with O-rings, the radial groove is usually the installation space for the sealing element.
The main aim of the groove design is to create a defined elastic deformation of the sealing element between the two sealing surfaces (so-called compression). The depth of the groove is defined accordingly for this purpose. The groove design also includes the definition of the following features:
- Groove shape
- Width of the groove
- Rounding of the groove edges
- Roughness of the surfaces