The new 23,000 square foot headquarters facility in Houston will include space for administration, sales, manufacturing, training and testing, allowing EagleBurgmann USA to streamline their operations as well as to ensure they are able to meet increasing market demand. The training facility will be used as an industry hub for technology transfer and instruction. Freudenberg will also use it to showcase their technologies for the oil and gas market.

To ensure high reliability of gas seals, a clean and dry gas at the seal is required. Gas supply systems draw product gas from a higher-pressure stage of the compressor during dynamic operation, filter the gas and use it for flushing the seal. In standstill operation of the compressor there is no gas source of higher pressure available due to the lack in flow in the machine, i.e. the seal cannot be protected from contaminated product gas.

At the beginning of 2009 a contract between EagleBurgmann-Middle East and a major Middle Eastern oil refining company was signed in order to upgrade recycled gas compressor oil bushing seals to EagleBurgmann gas seals in the IsoMax unit.

Due to serious concerns of repeated oil seal problems, the customer decided to upgrade the old sealing system along with the next major overhaul set for October 2009.

EagleBurgmann is well known for high quality engineered products.  These technologies and solutions have also been applied within the metal bellows product line, with strong sales in the international marketplace.

Discovering new and productive ways to increase rotating equipment reliability and plant efficiencies has become critical to success in an increasingly competitive global market place.  Technology thought leadership empowers EagleBurgmann with solution centric and cost effective sealing strategies that enable industry to meet today’s challenging market conditions.

In 2004, when a Chinese drilling company needed superior seals to perform under strenuous conditions, they turned to EagleBurgmann. The HJ4 Mechanical Seals series for high-pressure crude oil pipeline pumps proved a perfect solution, even under demanding conditions.

Mechanical seals are used as shaft seals in pumps, agitators, compressors and other rotary machines handling liquid and gaseous media. The process pressures which have to be contained by the seals range from vacuum to more than 400 bar. In some cases, the chemical and thermal stability required of the mechanical seal is very high. The design of the seal and the choice of material from which it is made play a crucial role in making sure that it operates reliably for a sustained length of time under the conditions for which it was designed and for which the material was chosen.

It is not always easy to know which sealing system is best for your application. Operating parameters such as pressure, temperature, and speed may not be the only things to think about. Explosion protection (ATEX), environmental protection and operational safety can be equally important. If you are in the food or pharmaceutical industry, then GMP, FDA-compliant materials and hygienic design will be major issues. It’s best to seek professional advice and get the seal manufacturer on board as early as possible. This article compares different sealing systems for agitators and special equipment.