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1. GENERAL
1.1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.2. TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
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1. GENERAL
Historically there have been a number of FF seal designs, these are listed below for information
along with a brief description of each and its PLM status
PLM Key
C Core
nc not classified
NP Non-preferred
S Supported
T Terminated
• The origins of the FF range were for sealing cement paste and the FFET can be used on
‘dirty’ applications across all market sectors
• Medium % by weight slurries
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The FFET is a stationary mounted, single spring, balanced seal supplied as a standard
cartridge assembly.
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A key feature of the FFET seal is that the spring is stationary and located outside the
process fluid. It is therefore protected from clogging by dirty and fibrous products. The
construction means that as faces wear the sliding o-ring moves onto a clean part of the
primary ring housing, reducing the risk of hang up caused by dirty or crystallising products.
The rotating seat is of replaceable monoblock silicon carbide as standard, the primary ring is
normally carbon shrunk into stainless steel but a hard face option of tungsten carbide is also
available.
The FFET seal uses the spring to provide the closing force but the drive (anti-rotation) is by
drive dogs in the primary ring and spring sleeve.
The spring sleeve also houses the standard PTFE safety bush. A lip seal can also be
supplied as a standard design option.
• The use of premium seal face materials ensures low heat generation and dry running
thermal stability.
• Heavy duty drive
• Stationary flexible unit permits high tolerance to solids.
• Stationary, external single spring improves tolerance to clogging.
• Indirect positive sleeve/shaft drive prevents shaft damage.
• Easy, fast, and reliable installation as a pressure-tested preset unit.
• Multifunctional gland plate.
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Standard mating rings for the FFET range are defined on INT97561 & INT97557
Not applicable, refer TPM 004 (FFZT) for FFET style seal with increased performance rating
• Metric: 25 mm to 100 mm
• Imperial: 1” to 4”
Not applicable
Primary ring
standard Carbon in AISI 329 stainless steel 4347
options Tungsten carbide in AISI 329 stainless steel 4563
Silicon carbide (Si free) in AISI 329 st. st. 4503
Mating ring
standard Reaction bonded silicon carbide 0488
options Tungsten carbide, nickel bound 0391
O-rings
standard Ethylene propylene 0243
Fluorocarbon 0248
Nitrile 0213
Perfluoroelastomer 0565
options Viton encapsulated with FEP 0239
Springs
standard 316 stainless steel 0154
options
Other (typical)
- gland 316 stainless steel 0154
- sleeve 316 stainless steel 0154
- spring sleeve 18/11/3 austenitic stainless steel 0137
- drive ring 316 stainless steel 0154
FFET seals are coded under the ‘Flexibox’ system using a 16 digit coding e.g.
Full details of coding can be found in TM 11 10 10 standard codes applied to the FFET are
given below
Seal type
FFET Standard, heavy duty cartridge seal
FFST Special design FFET, refer drawing for details
Face materials
A3 Carbon in st. st. v silicon carbide
B6 Tungsten carbide in st. st. v silicon carbide
C6 Silicon carbide(Si free) in st. st v silicon carbide
7R Carbon in st. st. v tungsten carbide
86 Tungsten carbide in st. st. v tungsten carbide
O-rings
B Ethylene propylene (wetted) + Nitrile
C Fluorocarbon wetted + Nitrile
L Viton coated with FEP + Nitrile
1 Perfluoroelastomer
S Special materials – refer arrangement drawing
Metal parts
S Special materials – refer arrangement drawing
E 316 stainless steel
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For dry running FFET seals performance is PV based and a limit of 5 bar m/s is applied
22
20
Pressure bar
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Seal size mm
FFET pressure limits (hydrocarbon duties) at 3600 RPM
Multiplier Factors
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40
35
30
Pressure (bar)
25
20
15
10
5
0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Seal size (mm)
3.6. TEMPERATURE
Seal temperature capability is normally defined by the temperature limits of the o-rings.
The following chart is included as a guide to the temperature limits of o-ring materials
commonly used in the FFET
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3.7. SPEED
7000
6000
5000
4000
RPM
3000
2000
1000
0
0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000
3.8. VISCOSITY
3.9. LEAKAGE
Product specific leakage data is not available for this seal. If required, ‘JC Seals’ is the
preferred method to calculate the leakage rates under the seals operating conditions.
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Note
• Leakage is estimated only (based on TM 31 20 10)
• Speed assumed 3000rpm
• Calculations are ‘average’ and must not quoted to customer
• Where leakage rate must be quoted the following multipliers are recommended
7
Leakage (ml/hr)
0250
0500
6
0750
5 1000
0
0 5 10 15 20
Pressure (bar)
Product specific data for power consumption / heat generation data for this seal type is not
available. ‘JC Seals’ is the preferred method to calculate, alternatively use the calculation
given in Legacy file TM 31 10 10 ‘Heat generation – general’ on the EAA Engineering
Intranet.
Note
• Heat generation (power) is estimated only (based on TM 31 10 10)
• Speed assumed 3000rpm
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0250 0500
Heat Generation on Hydrocarbons
0750 1000
1.2
Heat gen kW
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 5 10 15 20
Pressure (bar)
0500 0750
Heat Generation on Aqueous Fluids
1000 0250
4
Heat gen kW
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
0 5 10 15 20
Pressure (bar)
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For optimum performance from the FFET seal, the following minimum flush rates are
recommended.
Hydrocarbon Aqueous
8
6
Flush (lpm)
0
25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Seal size (mm)
Not applicable
400
350
300 0250
0300
Speed (RPM
250
0400
200
0500
150
0635
100 0762
50
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pressure (bar)
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Note
• Earlier published data shows that seals are capable of running dry above 350 rpm but
this limit was revised due to concerns about out of balance rotating masses in some
equipment e.g. top entry mixers.
• For top entry mixers the increased clearance version of the FFET must be used
For EAA recommendations for slurry applications see TB 060 ‘Seal Selection in Slurry
Pumps’
EAA/ Engineering/ Lists / Technical Bulletins
The FFET can be applied for duties up to 25% solids by weight (Area 2 in TB 060)
FFET seals were qualified for use on hazardous duties in accordance with ATEX
requirements. Changes to ATEX requirements now mean that standard FFET no longer
require ATEX certification.
Not applicable
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4. INSTALLATION DATA
Refer to pressure test procedure for engineered cartridge seals, document PT 010 entitled
‘Special Cartridge Seals’ that can be found on the EAA Intranet at the following location:
Data unavailable
Data unavailable
For detailed information on the seal’s storage, packaging and transportation, please refer to
the latest issue of the document entitled “Storage and transportation instructions for seals”
Form ‘I-Storage-E’ that can be found at the following location on the EAA Engineering
Intranet:
6. MARKETING DATA
Data sheet S-FFET is available from the FFET page in the Products section of the EAA
Intranet.
Data unavailable
Data unavailable
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APPENDIX 1
Multiplier Factors
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A 3.7 Speed
A 3.9 Leakage
Leakage ml/ hr
size 0250 0500 0750 1000
Pressure bar
0.1 0.04 0.16 0.38 0.86
2.5 0.26 1.23 2.94 6.48
5 0.23 1.14 2.74 6.00
7.5 0.20 0.99 2.36 5.16
10 0.17 0.85 2.05 4.46
12.5 0.15 0.75 1.79 3.90
15 0.13 0.66 1.59 3.46
17.5 0.12 0.59 1.43 3.10
20 0.11 0.54 1.30 2.81
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Hydrocarbons
Heat generation kW
size 0250 0500 0750 1000
Pressure bar
0 0.01 0.04 0.09 0.14
2.5 0.02 0.07 0.16 0.26
5 0.03 0.11 0.24 0.39
7.5 0.03 0.14 0.31 0.51
10 0.04 0.18 0.39 0.63
15 0.06 0.25 0.54 0.88
20 0.08 0.32 0.69 1.13
Water
Heat generation kW
size 0250 0500 0750 1000
Pressure bar
0 0.03 0.13 0.29 0.46
2.5 0.06 0.25 0.54 0.88
5 0.09 0.36 0.79 1.29
7.5 0.12 0.48 1.04 1.70
10 0.14 0.59 1.29 2.11
15 0.20 0.82 1.79 2.93
20 0.26 1.06 2.29 3.76
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