Through this Mechanical Seals training course, the delegate will gain up-to-date information and practical understanding of the basics, applications, troubleshooting and failure diagnosis, installation and maintenance of mechanical seal. Mechanical seal for pump and compressor applications will be addressed. Recent design like dry mechanical seal will also be addressed.
The highlights of the Energy Training Centre training course are as follows:
- Lubrication and sealing concepts
- Mechanical seal and dry gas seal design
- Different arrangements of mechanical seals
- Optimal selection of seals and flush plans
- Failure diagnosis and troubleshooting
At the end of this Mechanical Seals training course, participants will:
- Have an understanding of the different types of seals
- Have learned about selection, operation and maintenance strategies
- Be able to troubleshoot seal problems
- Understand how seals are fitted
- Understand how seals are tested
- Have an understanding of API flush plans
The training course will be conducted along workshop principles with formal lectures, case studies and interactive worked examples. Relevant case studies will be provided to illustrate the application of each tool in an operations environment. Each learning point will be re-enforced with practical exercises. There will be ample opportunities for discussion and sharing experiences.
On completion of this Mechanical Seals training course, the delegate will be able to critically analyse the methodologies employed within the organisation and instigate improvements where required.
The knowledge gained in this training course will:
- Enable the delegate to optimise the operation and maintenance of various types of pumps & compressors
- Give the delegate confidence to carry out failure analyses on seals thereby avoiding repetitive failures
- Improve seal operating and maintenance techniques
- Enable measures to quantify equipment condition
- Give better control of mechanical seal providers
- Enable better identification and specification of new and replacement seals
- Allow tighter control of maintenance budgets by the avoidance of unplanned equipment failures in service
- Improved confidence when dealing with suppliers and contractors
- Better understanding of how manufacturers design and develop mechanical seals for particular environments
- Better control of the management of pumps and compressor maintenance and operation
- Improved personal knowledge of sealing systems
- Better ability to troubleshoot seal problems and avoid recurrence
- Confidence and ability to select the appropriate flush plan thereby improving reliability and personal profile to senior management
This training course is directed towards:
- Supervisors
- Team leaders in maintenance, engineering and production
- Anyone who wishes to update themselves on maintenance engineering technologies, judge the suitability of these technologies for their needs
Day One: Basic Concepts of Fluid Sealing
- Role of tribology, leak rates, heat transfer, design considerations, materials, application to mechanical seal
- Lubrication fundamentals
- Basic fluid mechanics, Reynolds equation, lubrication solutions, application to mechanical seal
Day Two: Mechanical Seal Design
- Theoretical aspects and design
- Factors affecting design
- Materials of construction
- Mechanical seal selection
- Data requirements for seal selection
- Seal type selection
- Selection of the primary seal
- Selection of the seal arrangement
Day Three: Mechanical Seals Configurations
- Mechanical seal applications
- Seals Classification
- Wet mechanical seal
- Dry mechanical seal
- Balanced and unbalanced mechanical seals
- Mechanical seals pump considerations
- Mechanical seals compressor considerations
- Mechanical seals troubleshooting
Day Four: Failure Diagnosis
- External symptoms of seal failure
- Visual seal examination
- Common seal failure modes-seal faces
- Common seal failure modes-secondary seals
- Common seal failure modes-seal hardware
- Seal installation tolerances
- Vibration effect on a mechanical seal
- High temperature effect
- Running speed effect
- Rotor balance effect
Mechanical Seal Operation
- Operating limits
- Operating conditions
Day Five: Mechanical Seal Performance
- Acceptable performance
- Mechanical seal related standards
- Pre-installation machine checks
- Mechanical seal installation
- Mechanical seal maintenance
- Seal handling and inspection
Testing and Verification of Mechanical Seals
- Degree of testing
- Type of test
