ABSTRACT
Seals are the elements placed between the gate leaf and the embedded frame in order to prevent leakage. Wood, metal and rubber have been used as base materials for seals.
13.2 WOOD SEALS
Woodwas certainly the firstmaterial employed as seals in the early projects. Nowadays, its use is restricted to small gates or to specific applications such as the lower lip seal of rolling gates or the vertical seal between the two miter gate leaves.
