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June 7, 2026
Course Visits: 6,208
12 Hours
OURSE NUMBER: 6
COURSE NAME: MECHANICAL SEALS AND SEALING TECHNOLOGY
Course description
This course will focus on the working principle of mechanical seal and its basic components, seal designs and arrangements. On the other hand the course will cover the seal selection, installation and operation as well as seal failure analysis & troubleshooting
Course goal
This course offers a firm understanding of:
- Mechanical seal working principle, seal components, and seal installation
- The basics of mechanical seal maintenance
- Static seals and dynamic seals as used in different plant equipment.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course the participant should be able to:
- Describe the working principle of mechanical seal, mechanical seal components
- Explain the mechanical seal installation procedures
- Define the items that must be considered when performing mechanical seal troubleshooting, maintenance, and installation
- Describe the required procedure to specify mechanical seal for specific application.
Course outlines
- Introduction
- Why do we need to perform sealing?
- Seal classification (static seals and dynamic seals)
- Fundamentals of mechanical seal operation
- Seal requirements
- Packed stuffing box (stuffing box with conventional packing rings)
- Simple mechanical seal - mechanical seal components
- Seal faces lubrication
- Sealing points
- Basic seal designs – mechanical seal classification
- Pusher seal / Non – pusher seal
- Balanced and unbalanced seals
- Single seal and double seals and the application of each design.
- Inside and outside seals
- Separate seals & cartridge seals
- Special seal designs
- API seal arrangement
- Seal component materials
- Seal faces material
- Gaskets materials
- Springs
- Materials
- Hardware materials
- Environmental controls
- Why it important to make environmental control around the mechanical seal components?
- Seal flange ports
- Popular seal flushing plans – API plans
- Environmental control system components
- Seal installation
- Pre- installation checks (equipment check points)
- Seal installation & seal setting in horizontal pumps
- Seal installation & seal setting in vertical pumps
- Environmental control system installation
- Seal failure – troubleshooting
- Mechanical seal repair and seal faces inspection (optical inspection system)
- Dry mechanical seal
- How it works?
- Seal components
- Seal faces design
- Application of dry seals
- Case studies
- Glossary and definition of seal terms
Who can benefit (who should attend)?
Applicable to all engineers and technicians working in the pumps, agitators, and rotary gas compressors inspection and maintenance
Course duration
5 working days - 8 hours per day
MECHANICAL SEALS / SEALING TECHNOLOGY
THE DAILY PROGRAM
| Day | Objectives which will be covered on this day |
| First day | 1. Introduction
·      Why do we need to perform sealing? ·      Seal classification (static seals and dynamic seals) 2. Fundamentals of mechanical seal operation
|
| Second day | Review the material / topics which are covered on previous day
3. Basic seal designs – mechanical seal classification
4. Seal component materials
|
| Third day | Review the material / topics which are covered on previous day
5. Environmental controls
6. Seal installation
|
| Fourth day | Review the material / topics which are covered on previous day
7. Environmental control system installation 8. Seal failure – troubleshooting 9. Mechanical seal repair and seal faces inspection (optical inspection system) |
| Fifth day | Review the material / topics which are covered on previous day
10. Dry mechanical seal
11. Case studies 12. Glossary and definition of seal terms 13. End of the course- course evaluation |
