G.P.PARITHIMAAL
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LANTERN RING GLAD PACKING GLAD
RING
GLAD
FOLLOWER
GLAD
NUT
SHAFT
IMPELLER
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THOURT BUSHING G.P.PARITHIMAAL
The Basic Sealing Problem:
Preventing Leakage
Environment Pump
casing
Shaft
Process
Fluid
Leakage
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PERPENDICULAR TO THE SHAFT
PUMP
ALONG THE SHAFT
BODY
Shaft
Process
Fluid
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Packing
Environment Pump
casing
Shaft
ALONG THE SHAFT Process
Leakage Fluid
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Ra 10um Ra 5 um Ra 1 um
Fine turning Ground LAPPED
CONTACT AREA
4% 12% 40%
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Ra 0.1 um
POLISHED
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Pump Housing
Gland
Process Fluid
Invisible Leakage:
Fluid Evaporates Upon Reaching Atmosphere
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Pump Housing
No Fluid Or Dry Running Gland
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Mating Ring
Primary Ring
Retainer
Set Screw
Springs
Shaft
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Design Features
Secondary Sealing Element
Static
Dynamic
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Design Features
Secondary Sealing Element
Pusher Seal
O-ring must
move axially
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Design Features
Secondary Sealing Element
Non-Pusher Seal
Static O-ring
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Pusher vs. Non-Pusher
Pusher vs. Non-Pusher
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O-ring secondary seal
must slide along the Bellows secondary seal
retainer/carbon as the expands to accommodate
seal face wears. face wear.
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Seal Selection by Type
O-ring
Metal Bellows
Rubber Bellows
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Metal
O-Ring
Bellows
Elastomer Bellows
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Secondary Sealing Elements
Elastomeric Half Teflon Welded Metal
Bellows Convolution Bellows Bellows
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How a Elastomer Bellows
Mechanical seal
Is built ??
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Seal face
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Seal face
Bellows
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Seal face
Bellows
"L" - rings
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Seal face
Bellows
"L" - rings
Spring
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Seal face
Bellows
"L" - rings
Spring
Seat
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Seal face
Bellows
"L" - rings
Spring
Seat
O-Ring
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or cup rubber
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Seal face
Bellows
"L" - rings
Spring
Seat
O-Ring
or cup
rubber
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Arrangement of
Mechanical seals
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Arrangements
Single
Inside Mounted
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Arrangements
Single
Outside Mounted
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Arrangements
Rotating Head and Rotating Seat
Rotating Head Rotating Seat
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Stationary Rotating
Rotating Stationary
Advantages Advantages
Less Radial & Axial Space Requirements Higher Speed Capability
Lower Cost Tolerates Misalignment Better
Better Cooling
Tandem
arrangement
Back-to-back
arrangement
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Multiple Seal Arrangements
Classical Tandem
Classical Double
Process
Buffer Atmosphere
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Multiple Seal Arrangements
PRESSURISE
D (double)
Pressure
Barrier
Process
Atmosphere
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INSTALATION OF
MECHANICAL SEALS
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Assembly - direction
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Installation - so simple, so easy!
Push the
mechanical seal
over the shaft
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Excellent axial movement of the
bellows
Compressed
Normal
Stretched
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Bellows compensates
for deposits:
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Not sensitive to axial and
radial run out
Bellows
compensates
run out
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MECHANICAL SEAL
FAILURE
ANALYSIS
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Loss of Flexibility: Hang-up
Leakage decomposes
or solidifies and locks
primary ring in place
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Discharge
By- pass Line from
Pump Discharge
to Seal Gland
Flow
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Suction
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