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Sensitized Packing Seals - interstage and gland seals

Thread starter nigelspink
Start date Sep 14, 2005

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Sep 14, 2005

nigelspink

Mechanical

I have a proposal for a set of replacement gland and interstage seals for a 20 MW turbine generator. The proposal is for Sensitized Packing - a type of which I have never heard. Does anyone know of this and perhaps have operating experience with this packing? The packing is not retractable.