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Shaft Shaft sized to limit Shaft sized to limit Shaft sized to limit deflection Shaft sized to limit deflection to No change.
Deflection deflection to max. of deflection to max. of to max. of 0.002 inch at face max. of 0.002 inch at the faces
0.002 inch at face of 0.002 inch at face of of stuffing box of the primary mechanical seal.
stuffing box stuffing box
Seal chambers No minimum dimensions No minimum dimensions Minimum seal chamber Standardized seal chamber No change.
specified. Stuffing box specified. Stuffing box dimensions for mechanical dimensions specified (per API
face must be machined face must be machined to seals specified. Results in a 682).
to accept mechanical accept mechanical seal seal only design.
seal gland. gland.
Mechanical Mechanical seal is Mechanical seals unless Mechanical seal unless Cartridge mechanical seals All seal arrangements to be per
seals purchaser option otherwise specified otherwise specified. Fixed required. Default seals are to API-682/ISO21049. Seals now
throttle bushing required on API 682. If non-682 seals are specified by “Category”. See
single and double seals permitted, cartridge seals must API-682, Para. 1.2.
meet requirements specified in
API 610: In summary:
• 682 seal chamber - Category 1 = non-API.
dimensions - Category 2 = same as
• 682 connection symbols API-610, 8th Edition.
• dry running secondary - Category 3 = full API-
allowed 682.
Operating No requirements BEP between rated and BEP between rated and Preferred Operating Region No change.
point on curve specified normal point normal point 70 to 120% of BEP. Must meet
the new vibration criteria in this
region. Rated capacity in 80-
110% of BEP. BEP preferred
to be between rated and
normal points.
Allowable Operating Region
Flow range within a 30%
increase allowable vibration
levels
Component No balance level Dynamic balance Dynamic balanced to 4 W/N Dynamic balanced to 4 W/N Dynamic balancing changed to
Balance specified. Dynamic required. No balance ISO 1940-1 Gr. 2.5 (equiv. to
balance dependent on levels specified 8W/N. Tighter balancing to ISO
operating conditions 1940-1 Gr. 1.0 (equiv. to 4W/N)
only required when specified.
(See Note 1 at end of this
review).
Vibration Unfiltered Vibration Vibration velocity <0.3 Vibration velocity <0.3 in/sec <0.12 in/sec overall and <0.08 < 0.20 in/sec and 0.67 Vu
limited to 0.002 inch P-P in/sec unfiltered and <0.2 unfiltered and <0.2 in/sec in/sec. at discrete frequencies (unfiltered velocity) at discrete
for ball bearings and in/sec filtered filtered inside preferred operating frequencies. Increase of 30%
0.0025 inch P-P for region. Increase of 30% permitted in allowable operating
sleeve bearings. Filtered permitted in allowable range. (For hydrodynamic brg
levels not addressed operating region vib. limits, see API Table 8).
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