The Fluid Sealing Association Launches Updated Website

Sealing Technologies can now validate the superior performance capabilities of the intelligent seals it has under development. In addition to their core function, these seals can handle tasks such as sensor applications and monitoring their own state of wear. As a result, they enhance the reliability of machines and systems they help power by providing data about their state of performance and safety.

Labyrinth seals can now be ordered from Vesconite Bearings using client specifications. This follows the supply and successful use of Vesconite labyrinth seals by several large pump original equipment manufacturers in multiple labyrinth seal designs over the past 10 years.

A desalination plant in the Middle East commissioned a 6 MW pump with a Vesconite labyrinth seal in 2022. This is according to the product manager at a large Austrian technology company tasked with designing the pump.

The technical components used in the packaging industry are subject to strict standards that include country and industry-specific hygiene requirements such as the EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group) guidelines. The tubular heat exchanger from Tetra Pak that features a specially developed seal from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies was the first and only device on the market to receive EHEDG approval.

Applications in the process industry make high demands on all components: They must meet hygienic design specifications, be resistant to process media, and fulfill various conformity requirements worldwide. And of course, this also applies to the seals.

Celeros Flow Technology has injected new life into a heritage pump for a Canadian heavy oil recovery customer, enabling them to increase production. The pump – a Mather & Platt BB5 – was more than 40 years old and had been subject to numerous post-installation alterations.