Abstract:
A mechanical seal support system includes a pre-pressurized bladder accumulator containing a barrier fluid and a gas under pressure. A cooling circuit includes a mechanical seal for feeding the barrier fluid from the accumulator to the cooling circuit with a pressure regulating device located between the accumulator and the cooling device. A device, responsive to the pressure in the cooling circuit, for indicating when an actual pressure is below a predetermined pressure level is included.
Abstract:
An alignment apparatus includes a first stator, located in a stator of a piece of rotating equipment, and a second stator couplingly connected to the first stator and able to be angularly rotated relative to the first stator. The second stator can seal an interface between a shaft and housing in the piece of rotating equipment. The alignment apparatus permits angular misalignment between a stator, a housing and a rotor shaft, and may be used, for example, in a bearing protector or an isolator installed on a Pillow Box.
Abstract:
A seal device, which accommodates axial displacement between a housing and shaft of an item of rotating equipment, includes a stator which locates into the housing of a piece of rotating equipment. A first rotor locates on the shaft of the rotating equipment and a second rotor is rotationally coupled to the first rotor with the first rotor being permitted to axially float with respect to the second rotor. The device provides sealing integrity when the shaft is both idle and operational. The sealing device may be used, for instance, in a double ended centrifugal pump where shaft displacement occurs from thermal expansion.
Abstract:
A bearing seal device has an air purge mechanism that includes a rotor connected to the shaft of a piece of rotating equipment and a stator connected to the housing for the rotating equipment. An air passage extends between an inlet and an outlet and is at least partially defined by circumferentially extending stator and/or rotor surfaces. Preferably, the stator incorporates an orifice, which permits the attachment of an air supply line. The air purge mechanism may include a self-compensating air supply regulator device, located adjacent a circumferential air distribution cavity and substantially adjacent to one or more atmospheric communication orifices. The bearing seal device provides sealing integrity when the shaft is both idle and operational.
Abstract:
A mechanical seal support system may facilitate feeding barrier fluid to a mechanical seal. A predetermined difference in pressure between the barrier fluid at a position before and after passage through the seal is detected. The flow of barrier fluid to the seal may be reduced when the predetermined pressure difference is detected.
Abstract:
A seal support system (1) for maintaining barrier fluid in a mechanical seal (2) including a vessel (10) for containing barrier fluid, a system for feeding barrier fluid between the vessel (10) and the mechanical seal (2), a system for automatically detecting barrier fluid within the vessel (10) and a system for automatically restoring barrier fluid within the vessel (10), and a system (100) for automatically draining barrier fluid from the vessel (10) after a predetermined period of time. The system for discharging (100) may automatically drain barrier fluid from the vessel (10) for a predetermined period of time. The system of discharging (100) may automatically drain barrier fluid from the vessel (10) with a predetermined rate of discharge. The system of discharging (100) preferably includes a system for draining barrier fluid from the vessel (10) and a valve for automatically controlling the draining of barrier fluid from the vessel. The valve may be an electrically controlled valve and the system of discharging (100) may further include a system of electric control for controlling the operation of the valve. The valve may alternatively be a mechanically controlled valve and the system of discharging (100) may further include a system of mechanical control for controlling the operation of the valve.
Abstract:
A mechanical seal assembly includes a rotary component having a rotary seal face, a stationary component having a stationary seal face and a central component arranged between the rotary component and the stationary component, which has a first seal face arranged adjacent the rotary seal face and a second seal face arranged adjacent the stationary seal face. The central component is configured so that, when seal face rotation of the rotary seal face or the stationary seal face, or both, occurs, the first seal face is configured to form a seal with the rotary seal face and the second seal face is configured to form a seal with the stationary seal face. The central component is arranged so that the first and second seal faces are aligned substantially parallel to the rotary and stationary seal faces, respectively. The central component is configured so that contact seals, or non-contact seals, form between the adjacent seal faces.
Abstract:
A seal that provides sealing between a rotatable shaft and a housing has a stationary part for connection to the housing and a rotary part for rotation with the shaft. The rotary part includes a sleeve for mounting on the shaft. One end of the sleeve is provided with a non-elastometric sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement has sealing surfaces for contacting outer circumferential surfaces of the sleeve and the shaft as well as means for effecting sealing engagement between each of said sleeve and said shaft and a respective sealing surface.
Abstract:
A system and related method for generating an illustration of a first device, with the first device being one device of a plurality of such devices, the system having a plurality of illustration templates with each illustration template corresponding to one device of the plurality of devices, a device for choosing one illustration template corresponding the first device of said plurality of devices, and a device for modifying the illustration template for the first device responsive to features of the first device for generating an illustration thereof.