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8 Repair and Maintenance of Mechanical Seals and Rotating
Equipment Components ............................ .430

Mechanical Seal Installation, Repair, and Maintenance. Lapping and Seal Face
Flatness. Installation of Stuffing Box Packing. Welded Repairs to Pump Shafts
and Other Rotating Equipment Components. How to Decide if Welded Repairs
are Feasible. Case Histories. High Speed Shaft Repair. Shaft Straightening.
Straightening Carbon Steel Shafts. Casting Salvaging Methods.
9 Centrifugal Compressor Rotor Repair .................. 487

Compressor Rotor Repairs. Impeller Manufacture. Compressor Impeller De-
sign Problems. Impeller Balancing Procedure. Rotor Bows in Compressor and
Steam Turbines. Clean Up and Inspection of Rotor. Disassembly of Rotor for
Shaft Repair. Shaft Design. Rotor Assembly. Shaft Balancing. Rotor Thrust in
Centrifugal Compressors. Managing Rotor Repairs at Outside Shops. Mount-
ing of Hydraulically Fitted Hubs. Dismounting of Hydraulically Fitted Hubs.
10 Protecting Machinery Parts Against loss of Surface ...... 51 8

Basic Wear Mechanisms. Hard Surfacing Techniques. Special Purpose Materi-
als. The Detonation Gun Process. Selection and Application of 0-Rings. Cas-
ing Joint Compounds. Sealing Compounds.
Index .............................................. 586

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