PUMP & SEAL INFORMATION	VOL	PAPER
CHANGES IN THE PUMP DISCHARGE HEAD	01	01
TROUBLESHOOTING COMMON PUMP PROBLEMS	01	02
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAVITATION	01	03
SEALS AND PUMPS, HOW HEAT AFFECTS THEIR LIFE	01	04
A FEW TERMS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS	01	05
THE MAIN CAUSE OF PUMP SHAFT BENDING	01	06
THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AFFINITY LAWS	02	01
WHY DO MOST MECHANICAL SEALS FAIL?	02	02
HOW TO READ A PUMP CURVE	02	03
THE STANDARDS WE USE FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMP DESIGN	02	04
RULES OF THUMB FOR MECHANICAL SEALS	02	05
PUMP AND SEAL PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE	02	06
RULES OF THUMB FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS	02	07
HOW TO GET GOOD MECHANICAL SEAL LIFE	02	08
VIBRATION READINGS, HOW DO WE USE THEM?	02	09
WHY PACKED PUMPS SHOULD BE CONVERTED TO MECHANICAL SEALS	02	10
HOW TO CLASSIFY MECHANICAL SEALS	02	11
CLASSIFYING CHEMICALS TO ASSURE RELIABLE SEALING	02	12
TROUBLESHOOTING SEALS, AN OVERVIEW	03	01
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS AND SPECIAL SEAL DESIGNS	03	02
SEALING HOT WATER	03	03
SEALING SLURRIES	03	04
SEALING HOT OIL	03	05
CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION ABOUT FLUSHING MECHANICAL SEALS	03	06
SEALING MIXERS AND AGITATORS	03	07
UNDERSTANDING SPLIT MECHANICAL SEALS	03	08
TROUBLESHOOTING SEALS AT EQUIPMENT DISASSEMBLY	03	09
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE MODERN CENTRIFUGAL PUMP DESIGN ?	03	10
THE NON SEAL TYPE OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP	03	11
IMPLEMENTING SEMINAR INFORMATION IN YOUR PLANT	03	12
CORROSION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH STAINLESS STEEL	04	01
TROUBLESHOOTING MECHANICAL SEALS AT THE PUMP SITE	04	02
WRITING A SET OF SEAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR YOUR PLANT	04	03
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SEAL DESIGNS	04	04
MECHANICAL SEAL PROBLEMS WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE	04	05
CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE IN THE STUFFING BOX AREA	04	06
HOW THE CARBON GRAPHITE SEAL FACE IS MANUFACTURED	04	07
SEALING GASES AND OTHER NON LUBRICANTS	04	08
SELECTING THE CORRECT ELASTOMER FOR YOUR APPLICATION	04	09
CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE IN THE STUFFING BOX AREA	04	10
TROUBLESHOOTING SEAL FAILURE, A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE	04	11
BEARINGS, WHY DO THEY FAIL?	04	12
FUGITIVE EMISSIONS AND THE CARCINOGENS	05	01
SELECTING THE CORRECT HARD FACE MATERIAL FOR YOUR MECHANICAL SEAL	05	02
THE REASONS FOR PREMATURE BEARING FAILURE	05	03
CALCULATING THE FIRST CRITICAL SPEED OF THE ROTATING SHAFT	05	04
ANALYZING THE RUB MARKS IN A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FAILURE	05	05
A TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNIQUE	05	06
SEALING HIGH PRESSURE AND HARD VACUUM WITH MECHANICAL SEALS	05	07

HOW TO REPAIR MECHANICAL SEALS	05	08
SELECTING THE CORRECT METAL FOR THE MECHANICAL SEAL PARTS	05	09
COMMON SEAL INSTALLATION MISTAKES	05	10
HOW WIDE IS YOUR VISION ?	05	11
UNDERSTANDING THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP SYSTEM CURVE	05	12
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY PUMP EFFICIENCY?	06	01
EVALUATING MECHANICAL SEAL DESIGN	06	02
READING SEAL FACE FLATNESS	06	03
SELECTING THE CORRECT HORSEPOWER MOTOR FOR YOUR PUMP	06	04
SHAFT DEFLECTION IN VOLUTE PUMPS	06	05
WHY YOU HAVE TO PRIME A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP	06	06
OPERATING PRACTICES THAT CAUSE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS	06	07
MAINTENANCE PRACTICES THAT CAUSE SEAL & BEARING PROBLEMS	06	08
PUMP SELECTION PRACTICES THAT CAUSE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS	06	09
THE PUMP & SEAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM	06	10
A PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT WORKS	06	11
SEALING PRODUCTS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY AGITATION	06	12
CALCULATING THE TOTAL SYSTEM HEAD IN USCS UNITS	07	01
HOW EFFICIENT IS YOUR CENTRIFUGAL PUMP?	07	02
ALL ABOUT SPECIFIC SPEED	07	03
CAUSES OF OVERHEATING IN CARTRIDGE SEAL DESIGNS	07	04
THE GROUT USED TO ATTACH THE PUMP TO ITS BASE	07	05
COMMON SENSE AND MECHANICAL SEALS	07	06
A PRIMER ON FLUID VISCOSITY	07	08
THE LARGE STUFFING BOX	07	09
THE OVERSIZED PUMP	07	10
GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR	07	11
SPECIFIC GRAVITY, WHERE DO WE USE IT?	07	12
MECHANICAL SEAL HYDRAULIC BALANCE	08	01
MECHANICAL SEAL TWO WAY HYDRAULIC BALANCE	08	02
DO YOU REALLY MEAN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?	08	03
DESTRUCTION OF THE OZONE LAYER	08	04
CONVERSION TABLES	08	05
PROBLEM AREAS FOR SEALS AND PUMPS	08	06
A QUICK REFERENCE TO PREVENT SEAL AND PUMP PROBLEMS	08	06
GLOSSARY OF SEAL AND PUMP TERMS	08	07
DUAL SEAL ARRANGEMENTS	08	08
SEALING PRODUCTS SENSITIVE TO A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE OR PRESSURE	08	09
SEALING TO THE OSHA 1910.119 STANDARD	08	10
SEAL DESIGN, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS	08	11
THREE CONCEPTS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS	08	12
BALANCING PUMP ROTATING COMPONENTS	09	01
SHAFT DISPLACEMENT	09	02
BEST SEAL AND PUMP TECHNOLOGY	09	03
PACKING CONVERSION DOWNSIDE	09	04
A SENSIBLE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR CENT. PUMPS	09	05
A SENSIBLE PREVENTATIVE MAINT. PROGRAM FOR MECHANICAL SEALS	09	06
WHAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE SEAL FACES	09	07
SOURCES OF A TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN THE STUFFING BOX	09	08
WHY DO NOT GOOD SEALS WEAR OUT	09	09

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CAVITATION	09	10
MONITORING THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP	09	11
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPECIFIC SPEED & SUCTION SPECIFIC SPEED	09	12
ALL ABOUT IMPELLERS	10	01
MOST ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT MECHANICAL SEALS	10	02
SHAFT FRETTING	10	03
PREVENTING PREMATURE SEAL FAILURE #1	10	04
PREVENTING PREMATURE SEAL FAILURE #2	10	05
SUPER ELASTOMER COMPOUNDS	10	06
MORE ABOUT CONDENSATE	10	07
SHAFT DEFLECTION AND THE BEP	10	08
THE PUMP IS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH HEAD	10	09
THE PUMP IS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH CAPACITY	10	10
THE PUMP IS DRAWING TOO MANY AMPS.	10	11
THE PUMP LOOSES SUCTION, THE PUMP IS CAVITATING	10	12
PUMP MODIFICATIONS TO INCREASE SEAL AND BEARING LIFE	11	01
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS	11	02
SEALS, COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS	11	03
SOME MORE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS	11	04
PREVENTING PREMATURE SEAL FAILURE	11	05
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN L3/D4 AND SEAL FAILURE	11	06
SHAFT DISPLACEMENT AND THE OEM SEAL	11	07
PIPE FRICTION, AFFECT ON HEAD, CAPACITY, ETC.	11	08
STATIONARY VS. ROTATING SEAL DESIGNS	11	09
CARTRIDGE STATIONARY SEALS	11	10
RUBBER BELLOWS SEAL	11	11
NPSH, HOW TO CALCULATE IT	11	12
ALLOWABLE REDUCTIONS IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMP NPSHR	12	01
NON CONTACTING HYDROSTATIC SEALING	12	02
ROTARY PUMPS	12	03
TROUBLE SHOOTING POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT ROTARY PUMPS	12	04
API & CPI SPECIFICATIONS MERGER	12	05
INCREASING CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PERFORMANCE BY MODIFYING THE IMPELLER	12	06
HOW THE SHAPE OF THE IMPELLER AFFECTS THE PUMP CURVE	12	07
SEAL FACE HARDNESS TESTING	12	08
THE NON METALLIC SEAL	12	09
AN OVERVIEW OF METAL BELLOWS SEALING	12	10
PLAYING WITH A FEW PUMP TERMS	12	11
THE SELF PRIMING PUMP	12	12
HYDRODYNAMIC GAS SEALS	13	01
CALCULATING PUMP SHAFT RADIAL THRUST	13	02
STARTING A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP	13	03
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FORMULAS, RULES AND DEFINITIONS	13	04
DANGEROUS FLUIDS, HOW TO SEAL THEM	13	05
AFFINITY LAWS FOR POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS	13	06
ESTIMATING THE SHUTOFF HEAD OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP	13	07
VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES	13	08
BEARING SEALS	13	09
SEAL PARTNERING	13	10
PUMP PARTNERING	13	11
FLOW THROUGH AN ORIFICE	13	12
BEARING LUBRICATION	14	01
OPEN VS. CLOSED IMPELLER DESIGNS	14	02
PUMP AND DRIVER ALIGNMENT	14	03
VISCOSITY CORRECTIONS FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS	14	04
ANSI PUMP STANDARD	14	05
THE DOUBLE VOLUTE PUMP	14	06
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PIPING SYSTEMS	14	07
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT INSTALLING PUMPS	14	08
A LOOK AT VACUUM PUMPS	14	09
CALCULATING THE TOTAL SYSTEM HEAD IN METRIC UNITS	14	10
THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT MECHANICAL SEAL FEATURES	14	11
PUMPS INSTALLED IN PITS. CORRECTING SOME EXISTING PROBLEMS	14	12
PUMPS INSTALLED IN PARALLEL	15	01
TEN MOST IMPORTANT PUMP FEATURES	15	02
CARBON SEAL FACES. WHICH IS BEST, SOLID OR PRESSED IN A HOLDER?	15	03
MECHANICAL SEAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RECENT YEARS	15	04
API PLANS THAT I USE	15	05
POLLUTANT GLOSSARY	15	06
SEAL APPLICATION. DO YOU HAVE ONE?	15	07
PUMP REBUILDING TIPS	15	08
THE API GLAND	15	09