MECHANICAL SEAL MANAGEMENT
One responsible partner for pump mechanical seals — audit, failure analysis, repair coordination and reliability improvement across the full seal life cycle. All manufacturers, one accountable service.
When Mechanical Seal Management is the right tool
Mechanical seals are the most frequent cause of pump downtime — and often the least managed asset in the plant. Seal management is the right answer in situations like these:
Recurring seal failures
The same pumps fail again and again, but nobody analyzes why. Bad actors stay bad — and keep consuming your maintenance budget.
No single owner of seal reliability
Records are scattered across maintenance, procurement and contractors. No one sees the installed base, repair history or total seal spend in one place.
Lost local manufacturer support
Your seal OEM reduced or closed its local presence; response times and spare-part lead times grew. Your installed base still needs service — regardless of brand.
High seal spend, unclear value
Repairs bought ad hoc, no standardization, every pump a different seal type. Costs grow while reliability doesn't.
Demanding refinery and petrochemical duties
Hazardous media, dual seals, seal supply systems, API 682 requirements — seal decisions need engineering, not catalog ordering.
Turnaround preparation
Deciding the seal scope for a shutdown: what to replace, repair, upgrade or standardize — with data, not guesswork.
How it works
Installed base audit
Walk-down of your pump fleet and creation of a seal database: seal type, supply system, media, operating conditions and failure history — every pump, every seal, one record.
Failure analysis & bad-actor program
Root cause failure analysis (RCFA) of failed seals, MTBR (Mean Time Between Repairs) baseline per pump and unit, prioritization of the worst performers.
Repair & spare parts coordination
Managed repairs and replacements through qualified manufacturer workshops — for seals of all brands. Spare-parts strategy aligned with asset criticality.
Continuous reliability improvement
MTBR tracking and reporting, standardization and upgrade proposals — integrated with SOLLEUS vibration and acoustic diagnostics for early warning of developing seal faults.
Where we apply it
We manage sealing systems across the full range of industrial pump and rotating equipment applications:
Process pumps
Single and dual mechanical seals on API and ANSI/ISO process pumps.
Agitators & mixers
Top-entry and side-entry agitator seals in chemical and process duties.
Seal supply systems
API 682 piping plans — thermosiphon, buffer and barrier fluid systems.
High-temperature & hazardous services
Hot media, hydrocarbons, toxic and flammable duties in refining and petrochemistry.
Critical utilities
Cooling water, boiler feed, condensate and auxiliary pumps.
Packings & gaskets
Static sealing and gland packings on auxiliary rotating equipment.
What you receive
One accountable service for the entire seal life cycle — with data your team can act on:
Complete seal database of your installed base
Every pump, every seal, every supply system — one searchable record with operating conditions and history.
MTBR & reliability reporting
MTBR (Mean Time Between Repairs) tracked per pump, unit and plant — trend visibility for maintenance and management.
RCFA reports with corrective actions
Root cause failure analysis of every relevant seal failure — with concrete corrective and preventive measures.
Managed repair process — all manufacturers
Repairs and replacements coordinated through qualified workshops, regardless of the brand installed on your pumps.
Standardization & upgrade proposals
Fewer seal types, better designs where they pay off — each proposal with a payback estimate.
Seal scope planning for turnarounds
Data-based decisions on what to replace, repair or upgrade during a shutdown — before the clock starts ticking.
From our practice
Under a live service contract, we manage more than 1,000 mechanical seals at the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava, a member of MOL Group.
The service covers seals of all manufacturers installed on site — from installed base audit and failure analysis through repair coordination. SOLLEUS is a registered supplier within MOL Group.
Recurring seal failures eating your maintenance budget?
Tell us about your pumps, seals and failure history — we'll propose where seal management delivers the fastest payback.
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