Rings of ceramic carbide carbon or composites of these materials are lapped flat in the range of less than 1 micron on an axial end face.
Water pump mechanical seal material.
Mechanical seals require clean water or other compatible liquid for the lubrication of the seal faces.
They re made of graphite impregnated aramid fiber and are for use in pumps and valves.
Highly cost effective and reliable for high volume water systems swimming pools shower pumps central heating irrigation.
The load the seal faces receive are engineered into the design of the seal.
The faces in a typical mechanical seal are lubricated with a boundary layer of gas or liquid between the faces.
The more common end or rotating face mechanical seal designs feature mating faces as the primary sealing elements.
Springs single or multiple a metal bellows or just compressed elastomers are used to provide the needed energy to keep pressing the seal faces together.
Other mechanical seal hardware which includes shaft sleeves gland rings collars compression rings and or pins.
The other key aspect of a mechanical pump seal is how to maintain the seal.
If your specification calls for this range the pump seal material specification should be changed to epr carbon tungsten carbide tc or epr silicon carbide sic silicon carbide sic.