TYPICAL MECHANICAL SEAL

DEFFECTS

1
Carbon mechanical seal uniform wear
the carbon particles binding agent is not
suitable for hot product

2
Carbon ring erosion in front of the flushing inlet
Cause : to high flushing flow or flushing with particles inside 3
 Static ring broken by the anti rotation pin
Cause : to long pin towards the static ring slot deep
or quench pressure to high pushed the static ring out of the pin ,
or sticking product in the friction faces and starting machine without quench
4
Filled static bellow with cocked deposit and overheat
Cause : insufficient quench flow
5
 Carbon static ring with irregular wear
cause : poor parallelism of the friction faces or dynamic unbalance with long shaft pump
6
 overheat and burst on the static ring
cause :the pump runs sometimes without liquid,
or hydraulic film vaporisation between the friction faces
7
Sundyne bellow mechanical seal with carbon face :
observe bellow blue coloration and carbon chip
Cause : short dry running on high speed rotating pump , leads to
dangerous over heat and mechanical seal failure.
8
 leading pins wears the slot hedges
consequently the axial movement of the rotating ring is no
more possible 9

Cause : vibrations, friction faces poor parallelism

Thermal radial cracking of the hard face
cause : insufficient film due to high pressure on
the mechanical seal faces 10
high wear of the driving fingers
cause : poor parallelism
11
Blistering : material removing due to gas diffusion in the ring
cause : sudden temperature variation on surface
12
and vaporisation of the impregnated liquid inside the carbon ring
Radial cracks on the hard face
causes : dry running,or liquid film vaporisation
or to much compression of the spring,
13
or poor machine degassing
The bellow marked the sleeve
cause : poor pump geometry or excessive bearing clearance
or excessive vibrations
or poor bellow attachment 14