Manish Garg, senior engineer for non-cartridge wet seals at John Crane and a member of the European Sealing Association’s ...

Wear and leakage are common maintenance problems that result in pump discharge pressure dropping below optimum levels and reduced pump efficiency. Converting pumps to mechanical seals eliminates ...

Jay discusses the differences between mechanical seals and pump packing. The mission of Firehouse is to educate and inspire firefighters so that they can protect their communities and keep themselves ...

There are 263 pressurized water reactors (PWR) and 45 pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR) operating today, comprising almost 70 percent of all the reactors in the world. Reactor coolant pumps (RCP ...

Eliminates Mechanical Seal Maintenance and Downtime Issues Revolutionary Carbon-Fiber PEEK Shell Prevents the Generation of Eddy Currents Field Upgrades of Many Existing ANSI Pumps Without Removing ...

HAZLETON PUMPS introduces the SA HIPPO submersible slurry pump on-site mechanical seal replacement system. Should you have feedback on this article, please complete the fields below. Please indicate ...

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The importance of seal design is widely understood in the process, aerospace, automotive and other industries. Often, when a seal fails, a considerable amount of money is involved in replacing it and ...

A pump has, on the face of it, a straight forward job to do, but its applications are many and varied, and that leads to the need for the wide variety of sizes and styles that are available. The basic ...

Seals play an important role in hydraulic cylinders—they contain the fluid and prevent the leakage of fluid between components. They fall into two main categories: dynamic and static. Dynamic seals ...