Mechanical Seal
OwnerBruno Gaus, Ingo Wiegandinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for identifying a leak in a mechanical seal separating the side of a conveyor unit which is in contact with a medium from an electric drive which is arranged outside the medium. If there is a leak, the escaping medium is detected by a sensor element which is arranged in a hollow space, which is bounded by a removable component, and serves to identify escaping medium.
Claims20
An apparatus for identifying a leak in a mechanical seal which separates the wall of a conveyor unit which is in contact with a liquid medium from a electric drive mounted outside the medium, the apparatus comprising a rotatable shaft extending from the electric drive through an opening in the wall, a hollow space between the wall and the electric drive, the hollow space being bounded at the wall opening by a removable component, the shaft extending through the hollow space and the removable component, the mechanical seal being disposed between said shaft and said removable component for preventing the escape of liquid from the conveyor unit, and at least one sensor for sensing liquid which has escaped through the seal into the hollow space.
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