What Is Api Plan 32?

API Plan 32 delivers a clean flush fluid into the seal chamber from an external source. Typically used with a close-clearance throat bushing, this arrangement can be used to ensure a higher pressure in the seal chamber.

What are API plans?

These are standardized flushing piping arrangements that are widely used in the industry. Customer specific variants of these plans are possible. API Piping plans help to ensure good conditions for mechanical seal operation as well as improving safety and pump reliability.

What is API plan 52?

API Seal Plan 52 utilizes a reservoir and circulates an unpressurized buffer fluid between the inboard and outboard seals. To provide positive circulation through the support system and into the seal, a pumping ring is employed.