12 Servicing
12.4 Replacing the mechanical seal (inner bearing)
5. Mechanical seal standard/with throttle ring/with quench: (figure left):
Remove the rotary seal ring16 from the main screw1.
-or-
Mechanical seal hard material (figure right):
Loosen the fixing screws17 of the mechanical seal (quantity depends on size). Remove the
rotary seal ring16 from the main screw1.
12.4.2 Installing the mechanical seal
Personnel qualification: o Fitter
Personal protective equipment: o Work clothing
o Protective gloves
o Safety boots
Aids: o Tool set mechanical seal or radial shaft seal Ä Spare
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o Silicone grease
1. Ensure that all parts of the mechanical seal are dismantled so that the supporting ring18 with
circlip19 is visible on the shaft of the main screw1.
2. Clean the main screw around the mechanical seal carefully and grease it, and push the mounting
sleeve main screwB onto the main screw.
3. Mechanical seal standard/with throttle ring/with quench (figure left):
Press the supporting ring20 and rotary seal ring16onto the main screw until it stops.
-or-
Mechanical seal hard material (figure right):
Loosen the fixing screws17 of the mechanical seal (quantity depends on the size). Slide the sup-
porting ring20 and rotary seal ring onto the main screw until it stops and retighten the fixing
screws.
4. Attention: When pressing the components into the seal housing/seal flange ensure that the ad-
apter sleeve21/threaded pin22 is not damaged. Take the recess into account.
Mechanical seal standard/hard material
Size15–660, 880 (figure left)/Size851, 951–3550 (figure right):
Use the mounting arbour stationary seal ringA to press the stationary seal ring12 with mounted
O-ring into the seal housing3/seal flange10.
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OIC 18en-GB Edition 2020-01
Operating instructions