CD INDEX

A

Abrade

Absolute pressure

Absolute velocity

Absolute zero

Accumulator

Active metal

Adapter

Adsorbed,

Affinity laws for:

Aflas

Agitator sealing

Air ingestion cavitation

Alignment

Allen head

Alpha sintered silicon carbide

Aluminum oxide

Ambient heat/pressure

Analyzing bearing parts

Anhydrous

Annealing

Anodize

ANSI

API (American Petroleum Institute)

Application

Arbor press

Asperity theory of face lubrication

Aspiration

Atmospheric pressure

Austenitic steels

Auxiliary equipment troubleshooting

AVS Standard

Axial deflection of the shaft

Axial growth

Axial thrust

 

B

B.H.P

Back plate

Back pull out pump

Back to back double seal

Back up ring

Back up sealing

Balance holes

Balance ratio

Balanced mechanical seal

Ball Bearing

Bar (pressure)

Barrier fluid between seals

Base plate

Batch operation

Bayonet

BEP

Bearings

Bellows, metal,

Bellows seals,

Bernoulli

Best efficiency point (BEP),

Best pump technology,

Block out,

Blow down,

Body bound bolts,

Boiler,

Booster pump,

Boyle's law of gases,

Brake horsepower,

Brake horsepower curves for various specific speed impellers,

Brinnell hardness,

British thermal unit (btu.),

Buffer fluid between seals,

Buna N,

Bushing,

Bushing damage,

Bypass line,

 

C

C- Frame Adapter,

CFCs,

C.L.A. (centerline average),

Calculations you can make:

Calculating total head in metric units,

Calculating total head in USCS (inch) units,

Canned pump,

Capacity,

Capillary action,

Carbide,

Carbon bushing,

Carbon graphite,

Carbonizing,

Carcinogen,

Carpenter "42",

Cartridge seal,

Case hardened,

Catalyst,

Cavitation,

Cement grout,

Center line design,

Centipoise,

Centistoke,

Centrifugal pump,

Centrifugal reaction,

Centrifugal separator,

Centripetal force,

Ceramic,

Change of state,

Charles law of gases,

Chart recorder,

Charts:

Check valve,

Chemically compatible,

Chemraz,

Chloride stress corrosion,

Chrome carbide,

Chrome oxide,

Circular casing,

Clam shell,

Classifying chemicals,

Close coupled,

Closed impeller,

Coated seal face,

Coefficient of friction

Coke,

Commodity,

Composite,

Compound,

Compound curve,

Compression set,

Concentrated cell corrosion,

Concentric dual seal,

Concentric reducer,

Concentricity,

Condensate,

Convection,

Convection tank,

Converting packed pumps to seals,

Conversion factors

Convolution,

Cooling jacket,

Corrosion problems with submersible pumps

Corrosion problems, stainless steel,

Corrosion resistance,

Coupling,

Crevice corrosion,

Critical carrying velocity,

Critical pressure,

Critical speed,

Critical temperature,

Cryogenic,

Curing temperature,

Cutwater,

Cyclone separator,

 D

D-Frame adapter,

D-Gun process,

D.I.N. standard,

Damping,

Dead ending,

Dead heading,

De-aerate,

Deflection,

De-ionized (DI) water,

Demineralized water,

Density,

Diaphragm pump,

Difference between specific speed and suction specific speed,

Diffuser pump,

Dilatant,

Disaster bushing,

Discharge head,

Discharge recirculation,

DN factor,

Double balanced seal,

Double ended pump,

Double or dual seals,

Double suction pump,

Double volute,

Drive lugs,

Driver,

Dry running,

Dual seal,

Ductility,

Duplex metal,

Durco pumps (Flow-serve),

Durometer,

Dynamic balance,

Dynamic elastomer,

Dynamic head (system head),

E

E.P.A,

Effective diameter,

Efficiency,

Elastic limit,

Elastic range,

Elastomer,

Electrolysis,

Element,

End suction centrifugal pump,

Endurance limit,

Energy,

Environmental control,

Epoxy grout,

Erosion

Ethylene propylene rubber (epr),

Euler's equation for an impeller,

Excessive motion seals

Exotic metal,

Expansion chamber,

Extrusion,

Eye of the impeller,

 F

Fpm,

Face combination,

Face flatness,

Face lubrication-the theories,

Face pressure,

Face to face dual seal designs,

False burnelling,

Fatigue,

Filled carbon,

Film thickness,

Filter,

Finger spring,

Finite element analysis ,

Five "whys" troubleshooting,

Flashing,

Flash point,

Flatness,

Flexibility factor,

Flexible member,

Flexible shaft,

Flow or creep,

Flow meter,

Flow turbulence cavitation,

Fluid,

Fluoraz,

Flurocarbon,

Flush,

Foot,

Foot bearing,

Foot valve,

Force,

Forced circulation,

Formed metal bellows,

Foundation,

Francis vane impeller,

Free length,

Fretting corrosion,

Friction head,

Friction within the pump,

Fugitive emissions,

 

G

Galvanic chart,

Galvanic corrosion,

Gas seals,

Gasket,

Gate valve,

General corrosion,

General troubleshooting,

Gland,

Globe valve,

Graphite,

Graphs:

Grease,

Grease seal,

Grout,

H

Halogen,

Hard face,

Hardness testing,

Harmonic vibration,

Hastelloy "C",

Head,

Heat check,

Heat generation

Heat transfer oil,

Heavy duty pump,

Helium light band,

Hertz,

High amperage pump problem,

High head, low capacity pumps,

High pressure seal,

High speed pumps,

High temperature problems,

Homogeneous,

Horse power,

Hotwell,

Hydraulic balance,

Hydraulic force,

Hydraulic Institute Standards,

Hydrocarbon,

Hydrodynamic force,

Hydrogen embrittlement,

Hydrolysis,

Hydronium ion,

Hydrostatic seal,

Hydrostatic test,

Hysteresis,

I

I.D,

I.S.O,

Impeller,

Implode,

Incipient cavitation,

Inclusion,

Inducer,

Induction motor,

Inertia,

Inhibitor,

Injection molding,

Inorganic,

Inline pump,

Inspecting seal components for damage,

Intergranular corrosion,

Intermittent service,

Internal recirculation,

Internal recirculation cavitation,

Invar "36",

Investment casting,

Iron Corrossion

ISO,

Iteration,

 

J

Jack bolts,

Jacket, stuffing box,

Jockey pump,

Joule,

Journal bearing,

 

K

Kalrez®,

Kaolin,

Kilowatt,

Kinematic,

 

L

L10 bearing life,

L3/D4,,

Labyrinth seal,

Laminar flow,

Lantern ring,

Lapped,

Large stuffing box,

Laser aligner,

Leaching,

Leading edge of the impeller,

Leakage in mechanical seals,

Lignum vitae,

Line bearings,

Line bored,

Linear pressure drop,

Lip seal,

Liquor,

Lomakin Effect,

Low expansion metals,

Low head,

Low flow,,

Lubricant,

M

Mach number,

Magnetic drive,

Magnetic seal,

Magnetite,

Maintenance practices that cause seal and bearing failures,

Maintenance programs,

Martensitic metals,

Mass flow rate conversions,

Mating ring,

Mean diameter,

Mechanical seal,

Mechanical seal selection,

Meniscus,

Metal:

Metal bellows,

Metal bellows seal,

Metal fatigue,

Metal selection,

Meters per second,

Micro organisms corrosion,

Micron,

Minimum flow,

Miscible,

Mixer sealing,

Mixed acid,

Mixture,

Modifying the impeller,

Modulus of elasticity,

Moment of inertia,

Monitoring the pump,

Monochromatic light,

Monolithic face,

Motion seals

Motor selection,

Multiple seal,

Multistage pump,

N

 

Narratives,

Negative pressure,

NPSHA. Calculating net positive suction head available in USCS (inch) units,

NPSHR. Net positive suction head required,

Newton,

Newtonian fluid,

Noise in the pump,

Non clogging seal features,

Non lubricant,

Non metallic seal,

 

O

O.D. (outside diameter),

OEM or original equipment mfg.,

OEM seal problems,

O-Ring

Oil

Open impeller,

Operating length of the mechanical seal,

Operating window on the pump curve,

Operation problems (pump),

Optical flat,

Orifice,

OSHA,

Outgas,

Outside seals,

Over hung impeller,

Oversize stuffing box,

Oversized pump,

Oxidize,

Oxidizer,

Ozone,

 

P

PD (positive displacement) pump,

PV (pressure-velocity) factor,

Packing,

Packing conversion problems,

Packing conversion to a mechanical seal,

Parallel operation,

Pascal,

Passivated,

pH,

Pedestal,

Permeable,

Physicals,

Pilot diameter,

Pipe strain,

Piping recommendations,

Pitting corrosion,

Plasma spray,

Plastic

Plastic range of the metal,

Plated seal face,

Positive displacement pump,,

Positive face seal for bearings,

Power,

Power end,

Power factor,

Power failure problem,

Precision bearing,

Precision vs. journal or sleeve,

Predictive maintenance,

Pre-rotation,

Press fit seal faces,

Pressure

Preventive maintenance

Preventing premature seal failure

Priming a centrifugal pump,

Proprietary product,

Pump

Pump out vanes,

Pumpage,

Pumping ring,

Pumping slurries,

Pusher seal,

 Q

Quench,

Questions about seals,

Quill shaft,

 

R

Radial,

Radial bearing,

Radial deflection of the pump shaft,

Reaction bonded silicon carbide,

Recirculation line:

Reducer,

Reduction,

Registered fit,

Renkin scale,

Repeller,

Reverse balance,

Reversed fluid flow,

Reversed impeller,

Reversed rotation,

Rigid shaft,

RMS,

Rockwell "C",

Roller bearing,

Rotary pumps,

Rotating seal,

Rub marks in a centrifugal pump,

Rubber bellows seal,

Rules of thumb, centrifugal pumps,

Rubber Selection ,,

Run out,

S

SI (System International),

Scleroscope hardness test,

Seal

Seal-only pump,

Sealess pumps,

Secondary seal,

Selective leaching corrosion,

Self-aligning seal faces,

Self-priming pump,

Self sintered silicone carbide,

Semi-open impeller,

Series operation,

Service factor for electric motors,

Set screw,

Shaft

Shelf life,

Shore "A" hardness,

Shut off head, how to estimate it,

SiC (silicon carbide),

Sintered material,

Siphon,

Siphon affect,

Skidding,

Sleeve bearing,

Slenderness ratio,

Slip,

Slip stick,

Slurry,

Snap ring,

Soft foot,

Soluble

Span,

Special elastomers,

Special seals,

Specific gravity,

Specific heat,

Specific speed,

Specific viscosity,

Speed limits

Speed of sound,

Split mechanical seals,

Spool piece,

Spring damage,

Spring force,

Stabilizer

Stainless steel,

Standards, pumps and seals

Starting a centrifugal pump,

Static elastomer,

Static head or height,

Stationary cartridge seals,

Stationary seal,

Stationary vs. rotating seal designs,

Stiffness ratio,

Strain,

Stress,

Stress corrosion cracking,

Stress relieve,

Stripped,

Strobe light,

Stuffing box,

Sublimation,

Suction head,

Suction recirculation,

Suction specific speed,

Sump pump,

Surface finish,

Surface pressure head,

Surface speed,

Surging pumps

Synchronous motor,

Synthetic oil,

System curve,

System head,

 

T

TDH (total discharge head),

Tachometer,

Tandem seals,

Tapered stuffing box,

Teflon® wedge,

Temperature limits for O-rings,

Tensile strength,

Thermal

Thermoplastic,

Thermosetting,

Thixotrophic fluid,

Three formulas that link head, pressure and velocity,

Three rules that explain shaft deflection,

Thrust,

Thrust bearing,

Tolerance,

Tongue of the pump,

Too much amperage

Torque,

Torr,

Total system head

Trailing edge of the impeller,

Transducer,

Treated water,

Tribology,

Troubleshooting Ball Bearings,

Troubleshooting, General,

Troubleshooting Pumps,

Troubleshooting Seals

Tungsten Carbide

Turbulent flow

Turbulence

Two way hydraulic seal balance

 U

USCS,

Unbalanced seal,

Unfilled carbon,

Universal joint,

 

V

Vacuum,

Vacuum sealing,

Vane diffuser,

Vane passing syndrome,

Vapor phase sealing,

Vapor point,

Vapor pressure,

Vaporize,

Vaporization cavitation,

Variable speed drive,

VDMA,

Velocity,

Velocity head,

Vent,

Vibration,

Viscosity,

Viscosity corrections,

Viton®,

VOC emission pump standards,

Volume conversions,

Volumetric rate of flow,

Volute casing,

Vortex pump,

Vortexing liquid,

Vulcanize,

 

W

Water

Water glass,

Water hammer,

Water horsepower (WHP),

Watt,

Wave spring,

Wear ring,

Wear ring clearance,

Welded metal bellows seal,

Wet end,

Wetted parts,

Window,

Work harden,

 

X-Y-Z

Yield point,