Gland Packing Upgrade to a Mechanical Seal 1

[Amer93]

A firewater pump utilize gland packing as a means to seal the pumped liquid from external leakage. Given that this liquid is salty water taken from the sea, do you think it would be economically and operationally better to upgrade to a mechanical seal?

 

[JJPellin]

In the United States, fire water pumps can only use packing. The sudden catastrophic failure of a mechanical seal could make it difficult to keep the pump online. Please review your local requirements.

Johnny Pellin