Product category:
Seals
News Release from: Meco Shaft Seals | Subject: Custom-engineered shaft seals
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 22 January 2007
Shaft seals score in dry bulk process
equipment
Meco custom-engineered shaft seals have been found to increase MTBF by a factor of four or more over packed glands in dry bulk process equipment.
Meco custom-engineered shaft seals have been found to increase MTBF by a factor of four or more over packed glands in dry bulk process equipment Meco seals rotate on a plane perpendicular to the shaft, so there is no relative motion between the shaft and seal, thus no shaft abrasion damage
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Shaft seals withstand abrasive media
Meco custom-engineered shaft seals are built to withstand industry's most abrasive products, including sugar, porcelain, starch, gypsum, talc, silica, salt - even industrial diamonds.
Meco seal faces are soft, fault-tolerant and almost impossible to break.
All Meco seals are available fully split for quick installation and rebuilds, without removing bearings or drive.
Seals accommodate 6mm or more total shaft runout/misalignment as well as shock loads and thermal shaft growth.
These robust seals contain no internal springs to loosen, corrode or break.
Gas barrier fluid flow rates are generally 5+/-5 litre/min.
Meco seals are used on slow-turning, bulk processing equipment such as screw conveyors, mixers, blenders, dryers, rotary valves in all the process industries.
Packed glands on this equipment tend to fail quickly, due to uneven compression caused by shaft rotation eccentricities or runout.
Meco's solution is to work as a thrust bearing does to accommodate the motion of the shaft. Request a free brochure from Meco Shaft Seals ...
• Meco Shaft Seals: 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
