Case Study
Hydrochloric Acid
• Application Info – Mission pump – Model A-70 – Product: 35% HCL, 65% water • Problem – The old seal type had an external flush. This external flush migrated down the shaft and into the bearing housing, on many occasions failing the pump – Short seal life, MTBF of about 30 days – Estimated cost of each failure was about $3500.00 • Solution – SpiralTrac TM Seal Adaptor part # AFN5089 installed