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Suggestion for plan API 51 with heating?
Longeron, API plan 11/62 is a good selection for crude oil in general terms, obviously it will depend of the particular characteristics of the crude. As I mentioned isolated springs is a good option, pls. give more details about the reason for using single bellow spring. Also the face...- ecotech
- Post #9
- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
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Suggestion for plan API 51 with heating?
Manuel Boada, As I was thinking you are in the Orinoco belt, where a lot of the pump stations are so far to the operation centers and for that reason must be fitted with the best qualtity mechanical seals (designs, materials and support plans), bearing protectors, couplings etc. The objective...- ecotech
- Post #7
- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
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Suggestion for plan API 51 with heating?
manuelboada, You are working with a very heavy crude oil, what kind of pumps are you using? I don´t believe that you will find the solution to your problem heating the pot of the API 51 plan, this is a dead-ended blanket plan with a minimum incidence over the temperature of the product that is...- ecotech
- Post #2
- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
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About TO-seal, need your helps.
Dear JJ, A couple of year ago this forum was a very useful tool for people who is working with mechanical seals, in fact there was new questions and asnswers on a daily base. It is a pity that as you comment this forum is almost dead. Ecotech- ecotech
- Post #4
- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
