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News Release from: Meco Shaft Seals | Subject: OFS seal
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2005
Latest shaft seal design for high
temperatures
The newest Meco shaft seal design, the outside face seal: ideal for the containment of vapours in vertical-shaft vessels, for high temperature processes, operating without a purge/flush system
Meco introduces its newest shaft seal design the outside face seal (OFS) These single-face seals were originally designed for high-temperature and high-speed applications where double-face seals can overheat and fail
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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OFS seals are ideal for the containment of vapours in vertical-shaft vessels and can operate without a purge or flush system.
Meco earned its most recent patent for this design, which maintains constant seal face pressure as components wear.
The OFS seal is particularly suited to top-entry agitator shafts, where long, cantilevered shafts can exhibit high runout and angular misalignment.The OFS seal will permit significant axial shaft motion, making it ideal for applications where there is shaft float and thermal expansion.
The OFS is available unsplit or fully-split, and in a wide variety of materials combinations for maximum compatibility with acids, bases and aromatic hydrocarbons.
The seal can be built with no elastomers, permitting its use with a wide variety of aggressive chemistries.
OFS seals excel in vacuum environments, often cutting process times in half, due to increased vacuum containment.
OFS seals can contain a high degree of vacuum and run at high temperatures on a wide variety of process machinery.
All Meco seals are custom-engineered to suit individual applications.
The Meco OFS-series seals provide effective sealing of solids, liquids, vapours and gases in a variety of applications.
The OFS is simple to install, and requires no flush or purge.
Meco custom shaft seals are designed and manufactured by Maine craftsmen at Woodex Bearing Company. Request a free brochure from Meco Shaft Seals ...
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