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Design and Development of a Test Setup for Online Wear Monitoring of Mechanical Face Seals Using a Torque Sensor

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Title Design and Development of a Test Setup for Online Wear Monitoring of Mechanical Face Seals Using a Torque Sensor
 
Creator GOILKAR, SS
HIRANI, H
 
Subject dynamic performance
carbon
conical face seal
dry lubrication of stainless
seal misalignment
carbon graphite seals
 
Description Online condition monitoring technique helps to detect the root cause of failure of any machine. The present article describes a design of the online failure monitoring facility for mechanical face seals. The experimental test facility is to operate the seal (i.e., carbon-graphite) in real conditions of fluid pressure, temperature, and misalignment, which occur in an industrial environment. The developed test setup consists of two proximity displacement sensors (accuracy 2 mu m), one fiber-optic sensor (accuracy 10 mu m), one accelerometer (3.97mV/ms(-2)), and one Non-contact torque sensor (accuracy 0.05 N.m). To validate the test facility, a typical conical carbon graphite (C = 59.195%, O = 4.625%, and Sb = 36.18%.) mechanical face seal (outer dia = 82 mm and inner dia = 63 mm) for a rotary joint used in steam/hot water was selected. The root cause of failure of such seals has been identified. Finally, recommendations have been made that provide some assistance to design the mechanical face seal.
 
Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
 
Date 2011-08-30T16:57:25Z
2011-12-26T12:59:04Z
2011-12-27T05:49:57Z
2011-08-30T16:57:25Z
2011-12-26T12:59:04Z
2011-12-27T05:49:57Z
2009
 
Type Article
 
Identifier TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS, 52(1), 47-58
1040-2004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10402000802163017
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/12399
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/12399
 
Language en