What Goes into Designing a Mechanical Seal? Find Out

The design and structure of high-quality mechanical seals are based on a mechanical fluid system and they generally feature simple configuration, easy maintenance, and an easily operable seal support mechanism. Premium mechanical seals can help industries reduce downtime, minimize costs and save a considerable amount of time.

Configuration

To ensure that you’re choosing the right mechanical seal, make sure that they can help you optimize industry operations. The right selection of bypass loops, instrumentation, and isolation valves can assist your pump operator to keep the system in a good condition and monitor the seal working, performance and efficiency.

Make sure you’re choosing a mechanical seal design that features protected springs on the atmospheric side. This will help you protect it from the process fluid otherwise, an unclean fluid stored in the seal can negatively affect the spring’s ability to work.

Appropriate Flow

Do you use mechanical seals in a system where a flush fluid is transported to the buffer or an inboard seal and other barrier fluids are distributed between seals in a dual seal arrangement? Or, do you use mechanical seals for maintaining a proper flow and fluid circulation across the support system? If yes, you need to have an adequate seal chamber in addition to a premium seal for effective operation.

Make sure that your seal support systems feature important components like strainers and filters and are strategically located to minimize flow restrictions.

Balanced Seal Design

The pressure from seal springs and the hydraulic pressure of the pump’s liquid offers a compression force that keeps the seals shut. Balanced seals minimize the seal ring area on which the hydraulic pressure in the pump is exerted.

By minimizing the seal ring area, the overall closing force is also reduced; which helps in better lubrication. This eventually leads to several benefits such as minimum heat generation, reduced power consumption. Typically, balanced mechanical seals feature a higher pressure rating than an unbalanced seal.

Customized Mechanical Sealing Solutions in Texas

Robco of America has a demonstrated history of designing mechanical seals for several applications. Share your specific requirements with them, and they’ll design and manufacture safe and efficient custom-designed mechanical seals, according to your needs.

Get in touch with them at 1–800–662–0585 for mechanical seals design and repair services.