This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date knowledge on the design, application, selection, installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of mechanical seals. It covers the common pump types in the oil & gas industry; centrifugal pump build-up; seal chamber dimensions and working pressures as well as gland packing; mechanical seals; and basic seal principles that includes primary seal, secondary seal and tertiary seal.
The course will also cover the proper assembly and fitting of pusher seals, non-pusher seals and metal bellows seal. It will further cover the hydraulic balance; environment of a mechanical seal; fitting balanced seal; cartridge seals; spiral groove technology; john crane seal coding; seal materials and selection; standards for mechanical seals; and seal failure analysis.