Inpro/Seal Expands Sealing System Product Line for Powder and Bulk Applications with Articulating Seal that Handles Shaft Misalignment to Keep Equipment Running Longer
Inpro/Seal has introduced their Articulating Air Mizer™-, PS a sealing system developed to positively seal equipment where dry particulates, powders and bulk solids are handled, processed, packaged and stored. Once installed, the system helps contain powders, abrasives, liquids and toxic vapors. In addition, it handles extreme shaft misalignment and deflection, common in these kinds of applications to provide a seal that traditional methods simply cannot attain. A unique design feature uses a solid wall of air that functions as a barrier for contamination and works to retain product where it should be - in the equipment. The highest levels of performance are assured by virtue of an inherent non-contact design feature that avoids direct egress of the particulate material.
Rock Island, IL (PRWEB) March 2, 2005 -- Building on the ongoing success of
their ability to positively seal equipment in dry powder and bulk process
applications, Inpro/Seal has introduced their Articulating Air Mizer™-, PS
sealing system.
Two Sealing Solutions
With this system Inpro/Seal now
offers two sealing solutions for the containment of powders, abrasives, liquids
and toxic vapors: the Air Mizer™-PS and the Articulating Air Mizer™- PS, a
sealing system with upgraded design features.
Both were developed for use
on equipment where dry particulates, powders and bulk solids are handled,
processed, packaged and stored. Examples include: screw conveyors, gate valves,
feeders, mixers, blenders, gates, clinker grinders, bucket elevators, diverters,
scales, bagging machines, dust collectors, discharges, classifiers, screens,
extruders, separators, shredders, sifters, metal detectors, pulverizers,
crushers, coolers, augers, transfer pumps, fillers and similar dry powder and
bulk processing machinery.
Result Of Continuous R & D
The result
of direct customer request, input and feedback, continuous R&D and extensive
field testing and trials, the Articulated Air Mizer-PS has all the features of
the original Air Mizer™-PS and adds the ability to handle extreme shaft
misalignment and deflection, common in these kinds of applications to provide a
seal that traditional methods simply cannot attain.
Ineffective Sealing
Methods
Before the advent of the Articulated Air Mizer-PS end users had to
deal with sealing methods that did not last because of shaft runout. Mechanical
seals work on a contact basis and are subject to excess wear on the seal faces
as they make contact. Seal faces have been known to wear out in as little as
3,000 hours.
Fibrous packings are also subject to wear and short
lifetimes from runout where packing in the stuffing boxes compress and create a
leak path. Packing can soften to the point where powder can leak to the outside,
causing environmental problems. Tightening may renew the seal, but only for a
relatively short period of time.
Successful Product At Heart Of Air
Miser Seal
To counter, Inpro/Seal took their bearing isolator, a compound
labyrinth bearing protection device, that they invented (and patented) in 1977
and modified it for use with dry particulates, powders and bulk solids.
A major innovation includes a unique design feature that uses a solid
wall of air that functions as a barrier for contamination and works to retain
product where it should be - in the equipment. The highest levels of performance
are assured by virtue of an inherent non-contact design feature that avoids
direct egress of the particulate material.
Latest In Non-Contact
Technology
According to David C. Orlowski, President of Inpro/Seal and the
holder of some 40 related patents, “Realizing the importance of what production
continuity and what lost product can mean to the bottom line, several years ago,
we introduced our Air Mizer Sealing System. This system has proven to help end
users boost equipment reliability, reduce costs, extend sealing efficiencies and
increase bottom line results, without equipment modification.”
Orlowski
continued, “As time went on, more and more end users came to us with the same
need. Beside the other problems they were having with contact seals, shaft
deflection, run-out and misalignment was also causing seal faces to wear out and
equipment to break down on a too rapid basis. Angular misalignment and mounting
conditions, in particular, were hard to deal with.”
Orlowski concluded,
“To solve this problem, working closely with our customers, our R & D people
developed the Articulating Air Mizer™-PS, a sealing system that uses the latest
in non-contacting technology with an air purge that accepts radial and angular
shaft runout up to ¼”. Shaft diameters from ½ in - 36 in. No other sealing
mechanism can do this.”-
No Equipment Modification, Easy to
Install
The Articulating Air Mizer™-PS, sealing system is custom-engineered
to suit individual applications. It is easy to install as it conforms to
existing clearances, boltholes and patterns for bearings and/or stuffing boxes.
Split designs allow for installation directly on the shaft without
removal.
More Benefits
Additional benefits include: lower maintenance
costs, reduction in lost product, unscheduled downtime virtually eliminated and
meet regulatory needs. As with all other Inpro/Seal products same day shipping
is available.
About Inpro/Seal
Inpro/Seal Company is the originator
and the world’s number one manufacturer of bearing isolators, used to protect
motor and pump bearings, machine tool spindles, turbines, fans, gear boxes,
paper machine rolls and many other types of rotating equipment. Additional
applications include the sealing, handling, processing, packing and storage of
dry particulates, powders and bulk solids.
Over one and one half million
of Inpro/Seal’s original bearing isolator designs are in operation in process
plants worldwide, where end users continue to report significantly reduced
operating costs with increased productivity and reliability. Documented cases
show that a plant can more than double the mean-time-between failure (MTBF) and
reduce maintenance costs by at least half, with users reporting an extremely
high ROI.
As the recognized global leader in bearing isolator technology,
Inpro products are marketed to the aerospace, automotive, petroleum, refining,
nuclear, power generation, metalworking, food processing, grain processing,
chemical, water, wastewater treatment, metalworking, hydrocarbon processing,
HVAC, pulp and paper, mining, mineral, ore processing and general industrial
markets.
Spreadsheets
Interactive spreadsheets that calculate ROI,
Contact Seal Energy Consumption and other costs are available at www.bearingisolators.com
Signoff
For more
information on the Articulating Air Mizer™-PS sealing system, including a FREE
brochure, contact Terri Hageman at: Inpro/Seal Company, P.O. Box 3940, Rock
Island, Illinois 61204. Phone numbers are: (800) 447-0524 or (309) 787-4971. Fax
number is: (309) 787-6114. Website: www.inpro-seal.com or www.bearingisolators.com
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