{"id":729,"date":"2021-05-12T10:24:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T10:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/useal.site-demo.co.za\/?post_type=product&#038;p=729"},"modified":"2021-05-15T08:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T08:53:14","slug":"mechanical-seals","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/product\/mechanical-seals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical Seals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mechanical Seals<\/strong> are used on most pumps, mixers and agitators. Mechanical seals are usually made up of two parts, where two virtually flat (lapped) faces run against each other, creating a seal. The one face is part of the rotating unit that usually turns with the shaft (seal face). The other face is usually stationary (seat face).<\/p>\n<p><b>Features of Mechanical seals:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invisible leakage<\/li>\n<li>Less friction therefore less power loss<\/li>\n<li>Very little wear on sleeves and shafts<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Long life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Performance:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standard mechanical seals can withstand temperatures of up to 260 \u2019c<\/li>\n<li>Standard mechanical seals can handle shaft speeds of up to 3600 RPM through the choice of secondary seals and the right combination of seal &amp; seat faces.<\/li>\n<li>Mechanical seals can be ordered with different configurations to seal pressures above 200 psi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Types of mechanical seals:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In-line mechanical seals<br \/>\n&#8211; Single spring seals<br \/>\n&#8211; Tapered spring seals<br \/>\n&#8211; Multiple spring seals<br \/>\n&#8211; Metal bellow seals<br \/>\n&#8211; PTFE bellow seals<br \/>\n&#8211; Wave spring seals<\/li>\n<li>Outboard seals<\/li>\n<li>Cartridge seals<\/li>\n<li>Tandem seals<\/li>\n<li>Mixer seals<\/li>\n<li>Agitator seals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Mechanical Seal Materials:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carbon Graphite<\/li>\n<li>Ceramic<\/li>\n<li>Silicone carbide<\/li>\n<li>Tungsten carbide<\/li>\n<li>Stainless steel<\/li>\n<li>GFPTFE (glass filled PTFE)(Teflon\u00ae)<\/li>\n<li>Elastomers &#8211; Nitrile &#8211; Viton &#8211; EPDM &#8211; Silicone &#8211; Kalrez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>PLEASE NOTE:<\/h2>\n<p><b>U-Seal also offers our customers a reconditioning facility, where we would gladly refurbish your existing seals to good, original working condition!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mechanical Seals<\/strong> are used on most pumps, mixers and agitators. Mechanical seals are usually made up of two parts, where two virtually flat (lapped) faces run against each other, creating a seal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":632,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[37],"product_tag":[46,45,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-729","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-useal-products","7":"product_tag-mechanical","8":"product_tag-mechanical-seals","9":"product_tag-seals","10":"wcpa_has_options","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.useal.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}