Excessive shaft wear from the lip seals on the input and output shafts on an extruder was causing problems at a Japanese chemical plant.
Japan
DMSF makes its mark in Japanese paper industry
The installation of an AESSEAL® DMSF™ seal at a Japanese paper plant has increased the MTBF from just six months to seven years.
Saudi Arabia
CURC solves leakage problem for Saudi company
A petrochemical company in Saudi Arabia was experiencing persistent leakage during startup on a cooling water pump, the result of installation errors and the improper setting of the component seals.
Rapid response impresses Saudi customer
Sourced and supplied a replacement seal in just two weeks for customer’s Oil and Gas operation in Saudi Arabi
AESSEAL repair saves thousands for Saudi company
A Saudi Arabian chemical company has saved thousands of dollars in repair costs following an intervention by AESSEAL engineers.
DMSF ends leakage problem for Saudi firm
The split seal on a transfer pump at a wastewater plant in Saudi Arabia was leaking so badly that sewage was flooding the pumping room.
Czechia
RDSX the answer for Czech chemical company
The installation of an AESSEAL RDSX seal has solved a reliability problem for a chemical company in the Czech Republic.
Egypt
Reliability Restored at Egyptian Sugar Refinery
A major sugar refinery in Egypt was experiencing critical failures in its seal systems, resulting in significant operational challenges.
Cairo company turns to LabTecta OP
The installation of the LabTecta OP bearing protection system at the Egyptian food production company NCMP (National Company for Maize Products) resulted in an immediate and dramatic improvement in reliability.
Ireland
Superior AESSEAL product and service seals the deal
A company in Ireland specializing in the production of innovative coats, paints, and specialty materials requested the assistance of AESSEAL Ireland to repurpose a stainless steel Chemineer GTN agitator and wet double seal to accommodate a new product.
Company reports huge savings with use of AESSEAL system
The use of an AESSEAL CDPH double mechanical seal is saving more than €280,000 (almost $300,000) a year in energy costs for an alumina producer in the Republic of Ireland.
CDSA makes for safer workplace
The repeated failure of a component bellows seal was causing hazardous materials to leak into the work area at an Irish company supplying materials to the construction industry.
Upgrading component seals with M0FCA plug-in seals
One of the largest dairies in Ireland is upgrading from industry standard component type seals to AESSEAL M0FCA unitized plug-in seals after a successful 4 and a half year trial.
LabTecta upgrade increases MTBF rate by over 2000%
A food and beverage manufacturer in Ireland was seeing failure rates as often as 2 months
Botswana
AESSEAL quick response cuts delivery times
The repeated failure of seals on heater drainage pumps was causing problems for a power generation company in Botswana.
CDPH brings big savings for Botswana company
The replacement of a graphite packing system on a cyclone feed pump with the more efficient AESSEAL® CDPH™ double mechanical seal.
Saving over 1 billion gallons of water
Warman F-frame pumps were sealed with gland packing which required 19 US gallons (71 litres) per minute.
Sweden
DMSF solves reliability issues for Swedish company
Elastomer degradation was causing the seals on three of the boiler feed pumps at a Swedish energy plant to fail around every 12 months.
AESSEAL product improves reliability at Swedish plant
A pulp and paper company in Sweden was having problems with the persistent failure of the seal on a hot boiler application.
Swedish plant makes savings with DMSF
The persistent failure of the seal in a boiler application was causing problems for a pulp and paper company in Sweden.
Major savings with CKD double seal
The single seals being used by Swedish water treatment company were unsuitable for the job they were being asked to do, allowing limescale to enter between the seal faces and leak out on to the floor of the plant.
Kuwait
Prompt delivery saves three-month delay
A 12-week delay on the commissioning of a new oil and gas plant in Kuwait was avoided when AESSEAL was able to step in to replace a defective competitor’s seal at short notice.
Belgium
Lower balance temperature and correct alignment the key to longer seal life
Lack of cooling with the existing system, improper installation and faulty alignment was causing a seal at a biofuel plant in Belgium to fail every one to two weeks, and sometimes after as little as one day.
STS seal and LabTecta ST ends steam leak hazard
Steam leakage and spare part availability were causing problems for an oil and gas company in Belgium.
Austria
Huge savings at Austrian steel mill
An Austrian steel mill is set to save more than €400,000 a year following the installation of AESSEAL ES DMAX seals. The company was operating six pumps, each containing two seals.
Italy
AESSEAL product removes risk of HFC emissions
A specially designed double seal from AESSEAL has enabled an Italian drinks company to avoid the risk of major financial penalties which could have resulted from the release into the atmosphere of highly damaging HFC (hydrofluorocarbon) gases.
Energy Savings for Italian Corn Miller
An Italian corn miller used Clean In Place (CIP) water to cool and lubricate thier mechanical seals. This water cannot be drained to the plant depuration system but must be recirculated into the system loop with a high cost in energy in order to reheat and evaporate.
AESSEAL upgrade solution leads to an 8 year failure free period
Upgrading from gland packing to a dual seal and system helps eliminate seal failure due to inconsistent water supply.
A 50% MTBF increase whilst sealing a corrosive lime slurry
A coal fired power plant was regular leaking caustic liquid from its Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) pumps causing extensive damage to the pump and surrounding area.
AESSEAL help a Polyethylene plant save €144,000 in 30 months
Replacing labyrinth seals with MagTecta on 8 lobe blowers increases MTBF to over 400%.
Portugal
LabTecta reduces repair costs for Portuguese mining company
The installation of LabTecta bearing protectors for a Warman AH dewatering pump helped to solve a persistent problem for a Portuguese mining company.
AESSEAL packing guarantees highest food quality
Replacement of gland packing with AESSEAL’s precut food grade packing is saving a Portuguese food company around €6,000 a year in repair and maintenance.
Denmark
CDPH & EasyClean boosts MTBF from four months to seven years
The installation of a CDPH double mechanical seal along with an EasyClean™ seal support system proved to be the remedy for the frequent failures of a competitor’s seal at a power plant in Denmark.
Improved reliability and reduced water consumption
A cheese dairy in Denmark were having problems with seals only lasting 3 months, and using 1,300 cubic meters of water per year on a quench to drain flush system, for 25 of their CIP pumps.
Algeria
Major savings for Algerian food producer
A food production plant in Algeria is saving an estimated $225,000 a year following the installation of an AESSEAL LabTecta OP bearing protector.
AESSEAL product stops hot oil pump leakage
A large oil and gas company in north Africa contacted AESSEAL to look at a sealing issue on its hot oil pumps.
Türkiye
AESSEAL LabTecta the answer for Turkish company
The persistent failure of a locally-sourced pump bearing protector was causing problems for the Turkish pulp and paper company Varaka Kagit, with significant losses caused by unscheduled plant downtime.
AESSEAL mixer seal solves reliability problem
A locally-made double mixer seal being used by the Ela Kimya chemical company in Istanbul was failing every few months because its elastomers and inner seal design were not suitable for the application.
Autoclave specialist chooses AESSEAL for reliability and customer service
A Turkish phosphate fertiliser was established following a requirement for Turkey to produce most its own phosphate fertiliser.
Increasing MTBR 366% by upgrading
AESSEAL installed a FGDSS single slurry seal in September 2011. The FGDSS seal is specifically designed for pumping the abrasive slurries.
Switzerland
Change to packing saves Swiss company $millions
A chocolate producer in Switzerland has saved around ₣2.3 million ($2.6 million) over the past year following its decision to change to an AESSEAL pump packing system.
Oman
AESSEAL achieves major savings for Middle East oil producer
An oil and gas company in the Middle East is saving more than $600,000 a year following the installation of an AESSEAL product.
Company makes huge savings with AESSEAL system
A water company in the Middle East has saved almost a quarter of a million dollars following the installation of an AESSEAL bearing protector.
6 times improvement in MTBF for Upstream water injection pump
An upstream oil and gas company in Oman were having reliability issues with the sealing of their dual mode pumps.
Qatar
Style 343 a lasting solution for Gulf power company
Problems with gland packing prompted a power and desalination plant in the Middle East to turn to AESSEAL® in search of a solution.
Seal upgrades save over US $3.4million in seven years
A company in the Oil and Gas industry in Qatar were dissatisfied with the reliability of the mechanical seal used in crude export and oil/water booster pumps.
Seal upgrade improves pump availability
On a molten sulphur pumping operation, at one of the world’s leading producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Qatar, there was the need for continuous availability on three pumps.
Finland
RDSX the seal of choice for Finnish company
Reliability and ease of installation has made the AES RDSX™ seal the first choice
Congo - Kinshasa
New approach for slurry pumps reduces water usage by 95%
A copper mining company in central Africa was encountering problems of excessive water usage
Namibia
AESSEAL system eases cost pressures for African company
A mining company in Namibia was experiencing persistently low pressure in its gland service water system. This was causing excessive wear on the shaft sleeves.
Huge water savings for uranium mine
A Namibian uranium mine had 24 Krebbs pumps sealed with gland packing. The packing required regular maintenance and replacement every 2 months.
South Korea
Salt water spray contamination eliminated by bearing protection
Following a consultation with AESSEAL, a customer in Korea wanted to test the durability and performance of a MagTecta™ on their grease lubricated electric motors which rotate at 1,800rpm in a salt water spray environment.
Brazil
Offshore oil and gas company calls in AESSEAL for bearing protection
Following a series of failures using competitor bearing seals and labyrinth seals, AESSEAL were appointed to focus on a more reliable method of dealing their pumps.
India
LabTecta protection system extends bearing life
Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers extends life of its gearbox bearings using LabTecta 66 bearing isolation.
OEM Company praises AESSEAL design
An Indian pump manufacturer decided to work with AESSEAL to develop reliable cartridge dual-balanced seals.
New orders follow success of AESSEAL installation
A competitor seal at the petrochemicals company SI Group India in Mumbai was giving trouble.
Mexico
80 million litres of water per year to be saved at Mexican mine
The Grupo Mexico Caridad mine in Mexico was experiencing lengthy downtimes and using high volumes of water for lubricating pump packing.
Netherlands
Bearing protection increases mean time between failure
Dutch electric motor repair company turned to AESSEAL to help improve reliability for their customers.
Chemical company saves a months worth of downtime
Working with Lubrizol AESSEAL were able to identify and diagnose issues surrounding regular reactor sealing failures. The mean time between failures (MTBF) has improved from 3 months right up to 3.5 years
Reducing Energy Usage and Improving Reliability
Suiker Unie were using packing to seal juice circulation pumps at their Dinteloord sugar refinery.
Argentina
Bearings saved with LabTecta bearing protector
With constantly failing bearings, Argentinian pulp and paper plant turned to AESSEAL® for help.
Malaysia
Eliminating unplanned maintenance with API Plan 32
A Malaysian geothermal power generation plant had an unreliable mechanical seal on its geothermal brine injection pump. The new solution eliminated the need for frequent maintenance.
