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Maintenance Tips For PCM Etching Equipment Kirk Lauver, Marketing and Customer Lab Manager, Chemcut Corporation,1U2S/6/21
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Maintenance Tips For PCM Etching Equipment Pumps
Sealless pumps depend on small clearances to reduce the amount of fluid loss. Since the plastic components expand differently than the metal shaft, proper setting of the clearance gap is critical.
Sealless Pumps
For most Chemcut pumps the gap is 0.040-0.050 inches 1.0-1.25 mm
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Maintenance Tips For PCM Etching Equipment Pumps
Sealless Pumps
Normal impeller back side Worn impeller back side
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