{"id":2543,"date":"2026-01-25T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/?post_type=knowledge-base&#038;p=2543"},"modified":"2026-01-25T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:59:06","slug":"do-you-design-connectors-for-extreme-temperatures-cryogenic-geothermal","status":"publish","type":"knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/knowledge-base\/do-you-design-connectors-for-extreme-temperatures-cryogenic-geothermal\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you design connectors for Extreme Temperatures (Cryogenic\/Geothermal)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Temperature extremes cause standard rubber to fail (crack or melt).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High Heat:<\/strong> For downhole tools, we utilize <strong>High-Temp Epoxy<\/strong> and <strong>FKM O-rings<\/strong> that resist degradation at temperatures exceeding 150\u00b0C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Extreme Cold:<\/strong> For polar or cryogenic applications, we use materials that remain flexible and do not become brittle at -40\u00b0C or lower.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thermal Expansion:<\/strong> Our engineers calculate the thermal expansion coefficients (CTE) of the metal and plastic to ensure the seal holds even when the materials expand\/contract at different rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"faq_category":[81],"class_list":["post-2543","knowledge-base","type-knowledge-base","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-customization-engineering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-base"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}