Product category:
Seals
News Release from: John Crane | Subject: 8600 Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 October 2002
Seals satisfy offshore demands
John Crane has unveiled details of its 8600 Series of advanced, high-performance seals.
Driven by a commitment to serve offshore oil and gas operators who continue to work with greater pipeline pressures, and in increasingly deep water locations, John Crane has unveiled details of its 8600 Series of advanced, high-performance seals The project to create this new product range began with over two years of research into the performance of existing high duty mechanical seals
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Cartridge seal cuts costs and product leakage
The John Crane 4610 cartridge seal reduces maintenance and running costs, product leakage and equipment downtime.
Sealing system eliminates O-rings
Latest development to the John Crane GD Gas and Dry Lubricated vessel and reactor sealing system is the elimination of O-rings through a spring-energised PRP ring for secondary and shaft sealing
This lead to the development of the fresh technological processes required to create the new seals and enable them to deliver quantifiable improvements in both efficiency and profitability.
The 8600 Series seals provide exceptional total life cycle reliability, maximum tolerance to, and recovery from, process changes and reverse pressure running, and also the facility for high pressure dry running in remote locations.
With a greatly increased resistance to hang-up and distortion the new seals cope easily with today's new deeper wells, and with operating pressures up to 200bar - far in excess of any other standard seals on today's market.
This gives them tremendous flexibility and makes them suitable for a huge range of main oil line and related water applications.
Launched at the Offshore North Sea exhibition in Stavanger, Norway, the 8600 Series seals use advanced composite face materials originally developed for the aerospace industry, and combine this with noncontacting seal face technology, unique seal ring support designs and John Crane's patented LaserFace technology.
Reflecting John Crane's position as a world leader in the development of seal technology, the high-performance 8600 Series seals can easily be customised to suit individual applications.
• John Crane: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Engineeringtalk email newsletter
• Engineeringtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
