Business In Focus

Business In Focus magazine is a monthly publication featuring unique articles about prominent companies and associations in Australian markets, across various industries.  We have  a six-page spread in the April 2014 edition that shares a little of our history, what we do and some key projects.

Vulcan Mechanical Seals

Great training resource if you’re new to Mechanical Seals…lots covered in this five part Vulcan Seals PDF: Part 1 – Basics of Mechanical Seals and Soft PackingPart 2 – Mechanical Seal MaterialsPart 3 – Mechanical Seal Failure ModesPart 4 – Mechanical Seal General TypesPart 5 – Mechanical Seal Types Specific to Refrigeration Equipment

Seal Refurbishment Case Study

As the largest privately owned seal refurbisher in Australia seal repair is a key part of our business. We track and monitor progress through every stage of a seals repair process. From the moment your seal is entered into our evaluation program until it leaves our door, each job is identified and processed on its own, avoiding cross contamination or …

Screw Conveyor seals

A recent Sealing Solutions success involved Archimedes Engineering, which required seals for its 75mm shaft size screw conveying calcinated magnesia at up to 130 deg C in an open air environment. We supplied 20 of the 7550 CinchSeals with the ability for wear parts to be replaced in situ without any dis-assembly of the auger arrangement. Everything was dispatched on …

Bega Strathmerton Plant

Sealing Solutions was engaged in the upgrade of the Bega Strathmerton processed cheese plant ribbon blenders and augers.  This was a massive project over six months that was completed on budget and on time in 2010. Purpose designed and built split CinchSeals® were fitted to 83 shafts on seven ribbon blenders and auger carts that transport the blended cheese to the …

Energy Saving Project

Environmental efficiency is a high priority across Australian industry.  In 2010, the Murray Goulburn Cobram site instigated a project to target cost and energy savings with the amount of water used on site. Here, Sealing Solutions provided the cost analysis data which was scrutinised and approved by MG to install Seal 101 liquid monitors across the site’s pumps using seal …

Bellows Seal Refurbishment

Take a look at these before and after images of a metal bellows seal refurbishment we’ve recently completed. Good as new!

CinchSeal Sugar Auger

“CinchSeal keeps the sugar in the tank” As you can see from the 2 before photos the seals fitted by the OEM were not keeping the caster in. Production were pulling hair out. Sugar is very difficult to seal in any type of bulk handling equipment.Nestlé Broadford had a costly issue with product loss and downtime on the vertical screw …

Kyabram Rewinding Service Supertitan low lift pumps cartridge seal overhauls

Kyabram Rewinding Service had the job of overhauling 4 large split case pumps that were used at a large water treatment plant. One pump was to be completed each week as part of the project. Sealing Solutions were able to refurbish each cartridge seal within the allocated time frame to as new condition. We provided test reports to client as to …

Don KRC CinchSeal

Servicing the food industry into our 20th year. Project scope was to replace two old seals which were leaking product out of the ribbon blender tank into the bearing cavity.The leaking product was causing the bearings to fail unexpectedly and prematurely. In this situation bearing failure and the resulting downtime was costing over $10K in parts and repair labour alone. …