Dana facilities earn top award

began its current plan. During

long-term

has

company

the original

seals.

retainers

In addition,

the

and

company

high-precision

components

Sales

US$73

forecasted

million

revenue

variety

have

Steam facility evaluates sealing performance UK-based

plastic

to a wide

markets.

from

beyond

of balls and

include

provides

end

range

products

to

its

expanded

component-bearing

rollers

growth

the last two years, the

of

grown

in 1998 to a

of $183 million

for 200 1.

BHRSolutions

that its high-duty

operating conditions flanged

joints,

valves

For more information, contact: NN Inc, 2000 Waters Edge Drive, Building C, Suite 12, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA. Tel: +l-423

743 9151, Fax: +I 423 743

on gasketed

Three

similar

that

Canada’s

Magellan

Aerospace a ten-year

agreement with Pratt 8t Whitney Canada

(P&WC)

C$120

valued

Ambel

Manufacturing ecticut,

Precision

of Bethel,

USA,

is

to

precision-machined and sealing

pressure

newest

engines

PW

307A,

engines

that

in are

for P&WC

for the next at

business

and regional

Ambel

mes where

quick-paced and short

required.

been

for P&WC

supplies that

85%

are used

since

the

to obtain.

factors, which

and sealing 1993,

and rings

company’s

These ASME

manufacturers design m and y bolt load,

used in the design of bolted

parameters Boiler

Code,

gasketed

arise from the

and Pressure

Vessel

and they can be used to help an

structure,

adequately

but

many

strong users

treat

horsepower

(40 000-50

000

company.

For bonded,

Bbre gaskets,

tight

can

conditions

600

that

information

has since been widely

25

000

psi

them,

bolt load

Flowserve’s

which

Manchester,

reverse

says that

Within also

universal

offer

patterns;

envelopes

working

with

and

manufacturers

maximum because had

that excellent

for non-

it has been

operating some

been Results

to early

previously have

performance

pressure

to

a temperature

of -100°C

to +23O”C.

are capable

Both

of operating

at

ring

of

advanced

centering

and

seal

arrangements,

or double-

are

face-seal

that based

enhanced

dampening required, O-rings

groove)

because

and

For more information, contact: Flowsenre Ltd, Flow Sealing Division, Dakota Avenue, Salford, Manchester M5 +44 161 869 1235.

Dana facilities earn top award US-based

Dana

says that that

Driveshaft and

are

facility

its Perfect

business

have

the

earned

Governor’s

of

in

Circle

components

Commonwealth

in 2001

Kentucky

Gold Quality

Award for

manufacturing.

speeds,

The

lift and

awards

company mark

says

the third

that

the

consecutive

year for at least one of its facilities to T-

be

claimed quality

increased in both

Dana

honoured

lift-off

is

low

with

to be Kentucky’s

what

is

highest

achievement. has now had five facilities

earn top honours

anti-clockwise

relatively

Corp

of its operations

Franklin,

they

(symmetrical

Hydrodynamic at

with

centering

strips.

engine

bidirectional

and can operate

a clockwise

engineered

on

performance.

provides

protection

can be supplemented

captive,

Louisville

spiral-

at lower

pattern

are

the use of conventional

its

technology,

hydrostatic

face-seal

where

characteristics

top quality award.

pattern

traditional,

optional

radial

and

speeds,

Its Spicer

claims

advanced

The

an even force

and minimizes

For higher

labyrinths.

which

face and

the seal shaft-

based in Kentucky have earned a

seals either with or without

company

with

stresses, says Flowserve.

two

including

better film-stiffness

achieved

and

the seal shaft-

single-seal

low-pressure

can be

or achieve

to

with

sleeve;

direction.

seal

standard

face

shown

J-

secondary

concentricity

The

or

(PTFE)

features

rotating

they

O-ring

dynamic

ring is used to achieve of the rotating

face-seal

either

lift-off

p-T

optional

ZPU, UK. Tel: +44 161 869 1200, Fax:

housings,

polytetrafluoroethylene

provide

gaskets

and

alternative

designs

asbestos

its gas-

rotating components.

groove

it also

in

and centering

are needed

says that

based

such as hang-up,

pressurization,

outperform

BHRSolutions

the operating

distribution

rotation

groove

avoid such hazards.

decom-

arrangement

sleeve. This provides

Sealing

is

UK,

solve problems

unidirectional

and

seal

within

Oor the

at pressures

bar. The

concentricity

seals for the oil and gas industries

products,

leakage

105

bar,

range

seals can

explosive

J-ring

extends

range of Gaspac compressor

Bolt stresses of 40 000 psi or more to control

of

centering

Fluid

Division,

bolt-stress)

blow-out.

secondary

and operate to

230

says the

resist extrusion

incidence pression,

PTFE

Gaspac seals solve multiple problems

predictably

in a dramatic

rings, which

of up

parasitic

with spring-energized

A spiral

the allowable

downrated.

This

minimum

and

speeds of up to 200 m/s.

with

Mississauga, Ontario L4T lA9, Canada.

used.

750074.

inter-stage

Tel: tl

on the gasket

is being

with

requirements,

The dynamic be fitted

systems

tandem

designs

900

Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 OAr, UK.

gaskets

Aerospace Corp. 3160 Deny Road East,

or Class

Group Ltd, The Fluid Engineering Centre,

says the

identify

PVRC

for user guidance.

Tests on various

determines

leakage

than

depending

material

adopted

psi bolt-stress).

be better

for Class

them as service parameters,

only

speeds, of leakage

with a high bolt load

company.

conditions

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not

It has already

such as gasket

resulted has

if

to investigate

peripheral effects

combination

arrangements;

For more information, contact: Magellan

w

difficult,

is widely

the

would

and the allowable

customer turnaround

that

that

impossible,

are

sealing-

data be

test

150

claims

otherwise

(about

engines.

5658.

to Class

performance

compressing

of the sealing on

in

precision-

components

and

provides

program-

company

manufacturing

machined rings

The

facility

achieve

decade,

participates

interaction are

engines

jets.

Precision

the test heads

BHRSolutions

joints.

and

aviation,

customer-development

used.

625

products

general

routinely

and application

in

to be flagship

down

P&WC’s

to

These strategic

targeted

The

addition

are expected

modules

parameters

currently

production.

because

modest

interchangeable,

and end-users

small

It is also

more

supply

jet engines.

the PW

handle

that

electric

station.

been used by major

components

includes

agreement

to

in

and

turbines

a modern,

Conn-

rings for various

and medium-sized

the

at

million.

Magellan’s

in

conditions are

provide

(180 bar and 550°C)

power-generating able

is used,

thick)

up to Class

at the inlet to power

Corp has announced

their

test units

is, the

used

gasket

mm

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test steam at conditions

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1.0

For more information contact: BHR

steam-control

performance.

temperature

Magellan forms agreement with Pratt &Whitney

glands,

evaluate

to

2500,

8870.

real

valve

and

packings

claims

impose

if a thin

(about

levels

steam facility

reliably

CalI

obtained

that the award Dana’s Victor

in the five years

has been presented. Reinz sealing systems

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facility

in

inaugural

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award

Structural

won

in 1997,

Solutions

Hopkinsville received and 2000

during

use NyoGel

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throughout

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piston

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design

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flexibility,

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on all aspects

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safety;

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17th International Fluid Sealing

Corp. 4500 Dorr Street, PO Box 1000,

standards

Tel: +44 1234 750422, Fax: +44 1234

issued a call for papers for its

For more information, contact: Dana

environment-

fluids;

coatings

council

visited the sites and each

facility

control;

For more information, contact Nye

1999

quality

examiners

applications

in

respectively.

Kentucky

most

currently

Elizabethtown

award

for

its

facilities

and

the

the

and

hydraulic

says the company.

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