There are times when we see mechanical seals leak and the leakage cames out between the gland plate and the stuffing box face. Sometimes leakage also takes place between the shaft and the sleeve. In this case, most sleeves have an o-ring to seal the clearance between shaft and sleeve. Should we...
If I am raising an enquiry for a new seal pot, what information do I need to have in order to raise a demand for requisition. Or what information should assist me in assessing the quotation that I will receive from the supplier.
I read the following article on Wikipedia as follows:
"Because of its chemical inertness, PTFE cannot be cross-linked like an elastomer. Therefore it has no "memory," and is subject to creep (also known as "cold flow" and "compression set"). This can be both good and bad. A little bit of creep...
I have KSB pump at my site. Its using two John Crane type 309 and 309BT seals. Its quite an old pump. I came acorss the documents of the pump the other day and found out that KSB had recommended API Plan 33 for the outboard seal. At the moment we don't have any plan for the outboard seal...
We have two centrifugal pumps which we will be comissioning soon. One pump has tandem seal arrangement and one has dual seal arrangement. Both these pumps are using seal pots. For testing purposes, we used water to check the pumps. During testing both seals worked fine, water level in sea pot...
