Seal Vendors
Seal Vendors
(OP)
What is the groups opinions on the following vendors
Burgmann
Flowserve (Dura/BW)
John Crane (Flexibox/Sealol)
AES
Eagle
(any others I have not mentioned)
Just a brief sum up of your opinion is appreciated
i.e. Good for chemical, good for Offshore, bad delivery, poor quality. THat type thing
TIA
Burgmann
Flowserve (Dura/BW)
John Crane (Flexibox/Sealol)
AES
Eagle
(any others I have not mentioned)
Just a brief sum up of your opinion is appreciated
i.e. Good for chemical, good for Offshore, bad delivery, poor quality. THat type thing
TIA
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Milkboy





RE: Seal Vendors
all listed mfg's provide good products, otherwise they would not be in the business.
the situation really depends upon the pumpage, pressure, and temperature.
sometimes clients/end users have preference of seal mfg. for one reason or another, some of which you have mentioned.
perhaps this website will further expand your knowledge of pumps and seals, in general.
http://www.mcnallyinstitute.com/
-pmover
RE: Seal Vendors
Thats what I am trying to look at. WHy would you personally choose one and not another.
TIA
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Milkboy
RE: Seal Vendors
RE: Seal Vendors
for end user's, often it is dependent upon the overall costs associated with seals (i.e. replacement, availability, equipment downtime, etc.). some end user's have processes (nasty fluids) whereby they can predict seal replacement based on pump operating time, start/stop cycles, etc.
personally, it does not matter.
-pmover
RE: Seal Vendors
Another problem that manifest itself was that not all manufacturers were equally represented due to varying expertise among the salesman and tech reps.
RE: Seal Vendors
RE: Seal Vendors
RE: Seal Vendors
Personal relationships aren't always terrible when dealing with us. I'm not going to suggest that taking lunch with the same salesguy everyday is acceptable, or that finding season tickets to the local football team on your desk before a big project is legit. But within reason, if you find a salesperson who you trust, who has been able to help you solve problems, supply a good product, who has expedited orders, come out in the middle of the night to check things out, stick with him. Service like that is hard to come by. Think about the time your vendor has spent working for you. That is time that could have been spent with another account. That time is an investment in any future sale to your plant.
The comments about knowledge are right on the money. Sales guys who have great relationships with the reliability/maintenance group love it when the project engineers call only for a quote and not for advice. That means that at start-up or within 6 months, they will be back out there selling more product as they help to fix the problems the project guys created by going cheap or by ignoring suggestions.
As a vendor contracted to be on-site, I'd love nothing more than to help get things right the first time. What better way to make my products look good? But when, as recently happened, the projects group (more contractors) went cheap on a pump and spec'ed a boiler feed water pump with a standard bore seal chamber and didn't spec the flush plan that we had suggested, the maintenance budget had to pick up the pieces- replacing several seals and purchasing 6 seal flush coolers.
Not all of us are out there to overcharge and underservice you.
Lastly, I recently heard a great quote- "Is your (fill in the blank) vendor selling (fill in the product) or doughnuts?"