The invention discloses a sealing method for a cylindrical battery. The method includes the following steps that 1, a steel housing provided with a first bottom wall and a side wall, a
hobbing cutter, a cover cap and a seal mold, wherein the thickness of the steel housing is M, the thickness of the
hobbing cutter is N, the cover cap includes an upper
rubber ring part and a lower
rubber ring part, the thickness of the upper
rubber ring part is L1, the thickness of the lower rubber ring part is L2, the seal mold includes a circular arc chamfering, and the height of the seal mold is h; 2, a groove is formed in the steel housing through the
hobbing cutter by pressing, wherein the groove includes a second bottom wall and a third bottom wall; 3, the cover cap is placed in the steel housing; 4, an inner edge is formed by pressing the side wall with the seal mold. The distance between the surfaces, opposite to each other, of the upper rubber ring part and the lower rubber ring part is K, and the distance between the two surfaces, opposite to the inner edge, of the second bottom wall is H1, wherein H1=2M+h+L1(1-X)+K+L2*(1-X), the
compression ratio of the upper rubber ring part is X and the
compression ratio of the lower rubber ring part is X. The distance H2 between the surfaces, opposite to each other, of the second bottom wall and the third bottom wall of the groove can be adjusted through the thickness N of the hobbing cutter; the distance between the surface, opposite to the inner edge, of the first bottom wall and the surface, opposite to the first bottom wall, of the third bottom wall is H3, wherein H3=H4-H1-H2.