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Gasket team go on tour
CONFERENCE FOCUS
Conference Focus International fluid sealing conference programme published The registration brochure and programme for the 19th International Conference on Fluid Sealing is now available. The conference will be held in Poitiers, France on 25–26 September 2007, and will be followed by the EDF/University of Poitiers Workshop on 27 September. Two very full days of presentations are on offer from BHR Group, with the accompanying popular social events. The programme includes two full sessions on both fluid power reciprocating seals and rotary mechanical seals. There are also sessions on rotary lip seals, joints and valves, elastomer seals and turbo-machinery clearance
seals. The reciprocating seals sessions cover some of the latest topical work on surface texture, lubrication analysis and chrome replacement. A wide range of topics are covered by the mechanical seal sessions, followed by labyrinth and brush seals. The programme has also been designed to integrate with the Seals Workshop on the following day. Contact: BHR Group Ltd, The Fluid Engineering Centre, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AJ, UK. Tel: +44 234 750422, Fax: +44 234 750074, Email: [email protected], Web: www.bhrconferences.com
Contact surfaces to be discussed at post-conference workshop The 6th EDF/LMS Poitiers Workshop, titled ‘Role and Effect of Contact Surfaces in Dynamic Sealing’, will follow on from the International Sealing Conference on the 27 September. The keynote presentation will be on Laser Surface Texturing in Dynamic Sealing by Pr. Izhak Etsion, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, who has worked on this topic for many years. Ten other presentations will include: •
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Mechanical seals; influence of surface topography, influence of deposit roughness, DLC coatings, 3D TEHD modeling and fugitive emissions in compressors. Leaf seals; experiments on the influence of shaft surface finishing, experiments on thermal behaviour.
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New hybrid brush seals; development and modeling. O-rings; experiments on dynamic and fatigue behaviour.
Delegates to the workshop will also have the opportunity to visit the EDF Nuclear Power Plant at Civaux, near Poitiers, on the morning following the Workshop. However, places for the tour are limited so early registration is advised. Contact: Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, SP2MI, Bd. Pierre et Marie Curie, BP 30179, F-86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France. Tel: +33 5 4949 6566 or 6500, Fax: +33 5 4949 6504, Email: [email protected], Web: www-lms.univ-poitiers.fr/tribo/ jt_tribo2007/aindex.htm
Gasket team go on tour Lamons Gasket Company is organizing a series of one–day End User Technical Symposia during July and August. The presentations will cover gasket design, special gaskets, installation and maintenance with an emphasis on Kammprofile gaskets. They will be held at 14 venues in the US and 6
Canada from 10 July to 15 August. Contact: Lamons Gasket Company, 7300 Airport Boulevard, Houston, TX 77061, USA. Tel: +1 713 222 0284, Fax: +1 713 547 9590, Email: [email protected], Web: www.lamonsgasket.com
STLE hosts two seal sessions The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) was held in Philadelphia, USA on 6–10 May. There were two sessions on seals during the meeting. The papers presented in these sessions were: • Modeling with experimental verification of a radial lip seal featuring deterministic/ engineered micro asperities on the shaft surface, by K. Warren and L.S. Stephens, University of Kentucky – Bearing and Seals Laboratory. • Optical investigation of the dynamic sealing contact of radial shaft seals, by B. Wennehorst and G. Poll, IMKT, Liebniz, Universität Hannover, Germany. • Experimental results for radial lip seals with micro asperities on the shaft, by L.S. Stephens and K. Warren, University of Kentucky – Bearing and Seals Laboratory. • Numerical model of a reciprocating hydraulic rod seal with a secondary lip, by B. Yang and R. Salant, Georgia Institute of Technology. • The influence parameters of high pressure mechanical gas face seals, by S. Thomas, N. Brunetiere and B. Tournerie, University of Poitiers. • Computational analysis methods for dry gas seals, by A. Laxander, K. Lang and R. Johannes, Burgmann Industries. • Analysis of out-of-service gas lubricated mechanical face seal, by I. Green, Georgia Institute of Technology, and A. Artiles, Pratt and Whitney. • Understanding mechanical seal performance in moderate pressure, light hydrocarbon services, by W. Key, Flowserve, and A. Lebeck, Mechanical Seal Technology Inc.
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Development of high pressure-speed compliant contacting plain face seals for sealing water, by T. Lai, John Crane Inc. A simple approach of the TEHD behavior of mechanical face seals, by N. Brunetiere and A. Apostolescu, University of Poitiers. Scoring failures of flexible metal to metal face seals: Part I – Numerical modeling and experimental validation, by J. Hong, Samsung Corning Precision Glass, Y. Li, Y. Wang, T. Tian and D. Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scoring failures of flexible metal to metal face seals: Part II – Scoring failure test and analysis, by J. Hong, Samsung Corning Precision Glass, T. Tian and D. Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Evaluation of nano-structured carbon formations on mechanical seal faces in simulated water pump applications, by A. Casler, Carbide Derivative Technologies Inc, M. McNallan, University of Illinois, A. Erdemir, Argonne National Laboratory, and Y. Gogotsi, Drexel University. Enhanced mechanical seal performance through CVD diamond films, by G. Jones, Waters Corporation, D. Arnell, University of Central Lancashire, and P. Kelly, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Contact: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2376, USA. Tel: +1 847 825 5536, Fax: +1 847 825 1456, Web: www.stle.org
Sealing Technology July 2007
Conference Focus International fluid sealing conference programme published The registration brochure and programme for the 19th International Conference on Fluid Sealing is now available. The conference will be held in Poitiers, France on 25–26 September 2007, and will be followed by the EDF/University of Poitiers Workshop on 27 September. Two very full days of presentations are on offer from BHR Group, with the accompanying popular social events. The programme includes two full sessions on both fluid power reciprocating seals and rotary mechanical seals. There are also sessions on rotary lip seals, joints and valves, elastomer seals and turbo-machinery clearance
seals. The reciprocating seals sessions cover some of the latest topical work on surface texture, lubrication analysis and chrome replacement. A wide range of topics are covered by the mechanical seal sessions, followed by labyrinth and brush seals. The programme has also been designed to integrate with the Seals Workshop on the following day. Contact: BHR Group Ltd, The Fluid Engineering Centre, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AJ, UK. Tel: +44 234 750422, Fax: +44 234 750074, Email: [email protected], Web: www.bhrconferences.com
Contact surfaces to be discussed at post-conference workshop The 6th EDF/LMS Poitiers Workshop, titled ‘Role and Effect of Contact Surfaces in Dynamic Sealing’, will follow on from the International Sealing Conference on the 27 September. The keynote presentation will be on Laser Surface Texturing in Dynamic Sealing by Pr. Izhak Etsion, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, who has worked on this topic for many years. Ten other presentations will include: •
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Mechanical seals; influence of surface topography, influence of deposit roughness, DLC coatings, 3D TEHD modeling and fugitive emissions in compressors. Leaf seals; experiments on the influence of shaft surface finishing, experiments on thermal behaviour.
• •
New hybrid brush seals; development and modeling. O-rings; experiments on dynamic and fatigue behaviour.
Delegates to the workshop will also have the opportunity to visit the EDF Nuclear Power Plant at Civaux, near Poitiers, on the morning following the Workshop. However, places for the tour are limited so early registration is advised. Contact: Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, SP2MI, Bd. Pierre et Marie Curie, BP 30179, F-86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France. Tel: +33 5 4949 6566 or 6500, Fax: +33 5 4949 6504, Email: [email protected], Web: www-lms.univ-poitiers.fr/tribo/ jt_tribo2007/aindex.htm
Gasket team go on tour Lamons Gasket Company is organizing a series of one–day End User Technical Symposia during July and August. The presentations will cover gasket design, special gaskets, installation and maintenance with an emphasis on Kammprofile gaskets. They will be held at 14 venues in the US and 6
Canada from 10 July to 15 August. Contact: Lamons Gasket Company, 7300 Airport Boulevard, Houston, TX 77061, USA. Tel: +1 713 222 0284, Fax: +1 713 547 9590, Email: [email protected], Web: www.lamonsgasket.com
STLE hosts two seal sessions The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) was held in Philadelphia, USA on 6–10 May. There were two sessions on seals during the meeting. The papers presented in these sessions were: • Modeling with experimental verification of a radial lip seal featuring deterministic/ engineered micro asperities on the shaft surface, by K. Warren and L.S. Stephens, University of Kentucky – Bearing and Seals Laboratory. • Optical investigation of the dynamic sealing contact of radial shaft seals, by B. Wennehorst and G. Poll, IMKT, Liebniz, Universität Hannover, Germany. • Experimental results for radial lip seals with micro asperities on the shaft, by L.S. Stephens and K. Warren, University of Kentucky – Bearing and Seals Laboratory. • Numerical model of a reciprocating hydraulic rod seal with a secondary lip, by B. Yang and R. Salant, Georgia Institute of Technology. • The influence parameters of high pressure mechanical gas face seals, by S. Thomas, N. Brunetiere and B. Tournerie, University of Poitiers. • Computational analysis methods for dry gas seals, by A. Laxander, K. Lang and R. Johannes, Burgmann Industries. • Analysis of out-of-service gas lubricated mechanical face seal, by I. Green, Georgia Institute of Technology, and A. Artiles, Pratt and Whitney. • Understanding mechanical seal performance in moderate pressure, light hydrocarbon services, by W. Key, Flowserve, and A. Lebeck, Mechanical Seal Technology Inc.
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Development of high pressure-speed compliant contacting plain face seals for sealing water, by T. Lai, John Crane Inc. A simple approach of the TEHD behavior of mechanical face seals, by N. Brunetiere and A. Apostolescu, University of Poitiers. Scoring failures of flexible metal to metal face seals: Part I – Numerical modeling and experimental validation, by J. Hong, Samsung Corning Precision Glass, Y. Li, Y. Wang, T. Tian and D. Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scoring failures of flexible metal to metal face seals: Part II – Scoring failure test and analysis, by J. Hong, Samsung Corning Precision Glass, T. Tian and D. Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Evaluation of nano-structured carbon formations on mechanical seal faces in simulated water pump applications, by A. Casler, Carbide Derivative Technologies Inc, M. McNallan, University of Illinois, A. Erdemir, Argonne National Laboratory, and Y. Gogotsi, Drexel University. Enhanced mechanical seal performance through CVD diamond films, by G. Jones, Waters Corporation, D. Arnell, University of Central Lancashire, and P. Kelly, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Contact: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2376, USA. Tel: +1 847 825 5536, Fax: +1 847 825 1456, Web: www.stle.org
Sealing Technology July 2007