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SEAL INSTALLATION MANUAL

REQUIRED SPACE:-

 THE REQUIRED INSTALLATION SPACE FOR MECHANICAL SEAL IS GIVEN IN ASSLY


ASS
DRG.
 DIMENSIONS HAVE TO BE CHECKED BY CLIENT AS PER GIVEN DRG
BEFORE MOUNTING THE MECHANICAL SEAL.

GENERAL HANDLING NOTE:-

 NEVER
EVER PUT HAND ON LAPPED SEAL FACES OR DO NOT PUT LAPPED SEAL FACE
DOWN ON THE GROUND/FLOOR.

STORAGE NOTE :

 OPTIMUM CONDITION FOR STORING OF MECHANICAL SEAL SHOULD BE DUST FREE.


 IT SHOULD BE VENTILATED.
 RELATIVE AIR HUMIDITY SHOULD BE BELOW 65%
 TEMP. BETWEEN 15°C TO 25°C
PACKING LUBRICATION:
 USE COCONUT NUT OIL, GLYCOL OR SILICON GEL FOR EPDM O RING LUBRICATION.
 DO NOT USE PETROLEUM BASED LUBRICANTS FOR EPDM O RINGS.

PRE - INSTALLATION CHECKS:


CHECKS:-

 SHAFT RUNOUT IN SEAL AREA 0.003 INCH. OR 0.08 mm


 ENSURE
SURE THE SHAFT HAS CHAMFER
CHAMFERED CORNERS TO PREVENT ‘O’ RING DAMAGE
DURING SEAL INSTALLATION.
 ST. BOX SHOULD BE CONCENTRIC WITH SHAFT WITHIN 0.002 INCH OR 0.05 mm.
 ENSURE THAT THE BEARING
EARING ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED CORRECTLY & SECURELY
FASTENED.
 SHAFT OR SLEEVE SHOULD
SHOUL BE FREE FROM BURR/ RUST.
 CHECK THE ASSEMBLY DRG. DIMENSIONS & RECOMMENDED PIPING CONNECTIONS.

INSTALLATION
1. CHECK THE SHAFT O.D.,
O.D. STUFFING BOX BORE/SPIGOT,BOLT SIZE, P.C.D.
P.C.D., AND
NO.LENGTH AVAILBLE TO ENSURE DIMENSIONS AGREE WITH SEAL ASSEMBLY
DRG.(IF PROVIDED.)
2. INSTALL SLEEVE ON SHAFT.
3. SCREW THE IMPELLER TO HOLD THE SLEEVE IN PROPER POSITION SECURELY
ON SHAFT.
4. SCRIBE A MARK ON SLEEVE THAT LINE UP WITH FACE OF ST
STUFFING
UFFING BOX AS
SHOWN IN FIGURE-1.
1.
5. REMOVE STUFFING BOX PLATE.
6. ENSURE GASKET & STATIONARY WITH PACKING
PACKING IS FITTED ON GLAND PLATE
7. MEASURE DIMENSIONS ‘A’ AS SHOWN IN FIGURE
FIGURE-2.
8. MEASURE FREE LENGTH ’X’ OF ROTARY UNIT.
9. NOW,
W, TO SET SEAL IN STUFFING BOX SCRIBE MARK ON SLEEVE AS MARK
MARK-2 AS
SHOWN IN FIGURE-2.
2.
10. BE CERTAIN TO HAVE ALL GASKET /GRUB SCREW /HARDWARES IN SEAL
CHAMBER BEFORE DETERMINING THIS LOCATION.
11. TIGHTEN THE ROTARY UNIT TO ITS WORKING LENGTH WITH THE HELP OF SEAL
ASSLY DRG .
12. THEN BOLT STUFFING BOX PLATE TO THE PUMP FRAME.
13. INSTALL IMPELLER & SCREW ON THE SHAFT.
SHAF
14. COMPRESS GLAND PLATE AGAINST STUFFING BOX, CHECK THE SEAL
COMPRESSION BY GAP BETWEEN GLAND GASKET & STUFFING BOX FACE.
15. TIGHTEN THE GLAND PLATE STUDS EVENLY.

EQUP. START UP
1. OBSERVE THE EQUIPMENT AND ENSURE ALL THE ASSEMBLY DONE PROPERLY.
2. PROVIDE
OVIDE QUENCHING OR FLUSHING LINES
ES AND STARTS QUENCHING FLUIDS IN
THE SEAL CAVITY.(IF
(IF APPLICABLE)
3. ROTATE SHAFT MANUALLY BEFORE SHART UP.
4. ENSURE THE SEAL ROTATES SMOOTHLY AN
AND THEN STARTS THE PUMP.
PUMP

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