Shaft seals demonstrated at expo
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Meco Shaft Seals product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 2, 2007
Meco will be exhibiting its custom shaft seals for dry bulk process equipment in booth #1731 at the Powder and Bulk Solids Expo Southeast.
Meco will be exhibiting its custom shaft seals for dry bulk process equipment in booth #1731 at the Powder and Bulk Solids Expo Southeast.
The Expo runs April 24th-26th, 2007 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
Meco seals are used in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, plastics and minerals processing industries.
Meco offers its custom shaft seals for slow-turning bulk processing equipment, including mixers, blenders, reactors, conveyors, dryers, bucket elevators, grinders, crushers and agitators.
Recognising that no standard seals will work properly in every application, Meco engineers specify the optimal, patented seal design and construction materials for each seal according to precise shaft diameter, speed, clearance, process chemistry, temperature and pressure.
Factors such as thermal growth of the shaft and process pressure variations are calculated into the designs.
A wide range of shaft diameters can be retrofitted.
Seals use different gas barrier fluids, at very low flow rates (5 +/-5 litres per hour).
Custom engineering and attention to detail make Meco seals more successful than conventional types of seals or packings.
Originally developed for screw conveyors, Meco seals solve problems caused by shaft run-out or misalignment by accommodating 6mm diametric run-out or more in the design of its seals.
Meco seals are most often used to retrofit equipment where a packing gland has failed repeatedly due to shaft run-out.
Meco seals are available fully-split so that installation and rebuilding are quick and easy.
In sanitary applications, seals can be removed for daily cleaning where required.
Meco seals are ideal for applications requiring vacuum containment, often increasing machine efficiency dramatically.
Seal materials are chosen from a variety of specialty and hardened alloys, bearing-grade plastics and specialty elastomers.
FDA materials are available.
Engineers select the optimal, patented seal design to suit each application.
Factors such as thermal growth of the shaft and process pressure variations are calculated into the designs.
A wide range of shaft diameters can be retrofitted.
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