Case Studies

The installation of a CDPH double mechanical seal along with an EasyClean™ seal support system proved to be the remedy for the frequent failures of a competitor’s seal at a power plant in Denmark.

A food production plant in Algeria is saving an estimated £175,000 a year following the installation of an AESSEAL^® LabTecta^®OP bearing protector.

A chocolate producer in Switzerland has saved around ₣2.3 million ($2.6 million) over the past year following its decision to change to an AESSEAL pump packing system.

Employees at William Grant’s Scottish whisky distillery in Girvan, Ayshire, were having difficulty selecting the correct mechanical seals for specific applications.

A mining company in Australia was facing persistent problems from seal failures on one of its slurry pumps.

Asphalt producer pump for road surfaces was gland packed and losing over 15 tonnes of bitumen.

A metalworking company in northern Spain had equipped its pumps with component mechanical seals, parallel spring-mounted back-to-back, with an API Plan 54 circulation system.

A sealant being used on an Sulzer APP3 pump by a Spanish biofuel company was leaking each time the pump was stopped.

A water company in the Middle East has saved almost a quarter of a million dollars following the installation of an AESSEAL^® bearing protector.

A municipality in Pennsylvania was having issues with major inefficiencies in its sewage treatment system. 

Excessive vibrations in a vertical pump in a slurry pit application was leading to failure every month for the North Carolina company Befesa

The seal on a pump at a chemical plant in the east of England was burning out on average every two weeks due to dry running, resulting in some four hours of downtime each time it failed.

AESSEAL were contacted by a power plant in the UK who were experiencing a major issue with their supply of mechanical seals.

A petrochemical company based in the Middle East was having problems with persistent and costly seal failures.

A repair and maintenance company in West Virginia says that its customers in the local coal mining industry have recorded major savings following a decision to upgrade to AESSEAL LabTecta FS.

A global energy company was facing significant losses as a result of damage to the steam turbine housing at one of its ethylene plants.

AESSEAL stepped in when a mission critical general purpose steam turbine at a UK Ethylene production facility developed leaks and the original OEM seal housing was no longer available. We updated the 40-year-old turbine with a modern non contacting STS mechanical seal within two weeks.

A wastewater plant in Wales was reporting persistent problems with the failure of the seals on its ditch rotor.

A large oil and gas company in north Africa contacted AESSEAL to look at a sealing issue on its hot oil pumps.

A leading UK company is set to save more than £5 million over five years following the installation of AESSEAL LabTecta OP bearing protectors.

A pulp & paper company in the Canada were dissatisfied with the reliability of the mechanical seal used in its Chlorine Dioxide generator pump.

A coal mine in Australia was having seal failures roughly every two weeks on two disposal pumps.

An oil and gas refinery in northern England was experiencing poor reliability of its steam turbine.

A copper mining company in central Africa was encountering problems of excessive water usage

A refinery in Canada were commissioning a new lipids coprocessing initiative where renewable feedstock is injected into the cracker.

A company in the Oil and Gas industry in Qatar were dissatisfied with the reliability of the mechanical seal used in crude export and oil/water booster pumps.

A critical glue agitator vessel was affecting productivity for a silicone manufacturing facility in France. This situation was costing the company thousands of Euros in lost production.

A food and beverage customer was experiencing high leakage and contamination in their process fluid on the single pass flow through system they were operating.

Tongaat Hullett Sugar were un happy with the amount of maintenance required on the sealing of one of its pumps.

Enfinium were disappointed with the support provided by their pump OEM

When a seal failed, divers had to fit blanks to the pump inlets below the waterline before it was possible to carry out a repair.

A major manufacturer in the UK were having reliability issues with the seal on a critical Labour chemical pump used to pump caustic solution.

A specialty chemical company at its UK processing facility were desperately trying to get spare parts for the mechanical seal on one of its critical reactors.

The Grupo Mexico Caridad mine in Mexico was experiencing lengthy downtimes and using high volumes of water for lubricating pump packing.

Preventing dust from escaping into the working environment and is saving thousands of dollars a year

Replacing labyrinth seals with MagTecta on 8 lobe blowers increases MTBF to over 400%.