CEC (lead) and ASME hosting joint meeting:
Join us for a technical topic - "Mechanical Seals 101"
Date: Monday August 11th, 2025 11:30-1:00pm ET
Location: Chattanooga State CETAS Building (Gerald McCormick), Room 182. Please enter through the Wacker Institute entrance of the building.
Presenter: Rick Walker (Branch Manager) - Tencarva Machinery
A mechanical seal is simply a method of containing fluid within a vessel (typically pumps, mixers, reactors, etc.) where a rotating shaft passes through a stationary housing or occasionally, where the housing rotates around the shaft.
The challenge is to allow a rotating shaft to enter the ‘wet’ area of the equipment (pump, vessel), without allowing pressurized fluid to escape.
To address this challenge there needs to be a seal between the shaft and the pump housing that can contain the pressure of the process being pumped and withstand the friction caused by the shaft rotating. Thus, mechanical seals are precision, dynamic devices that are used to seal process fluids from the environment.
Today, the same basic components and fundamental principles apply to all mechanical seals, but this technology has evolved over the past 100 years, so seal users have a variety of choices to meet their specific technical, commercial and reliability needs.
The purpose of this technical topic is to give users a foundational background in the technology of mechanical seals from which they can start to make informed decisions regarding the different types and configurations available for today’s applications.
Lunch - $10 (pizza, water, soft drinks) - register/pay within CEC website
This event should qualify for 1 PDH. Requested PDH's are included with active memberships; $10 for non-members, which can be applied to a membership.