Mechanical seal types vary in design, setup, and how they disperse the hydraulic forces acting at their faces.
The most common design types are Rubber Diaphragm, Rubber Bellows, O-Ring Mounted & PTFE Wedge. Whilst, other common variations include balanced and unbalanced, pusher and non-pusher, single spring and multi-spring.
Below we take a deeper look at each of these mechanical seal design types, whilst also covering the variations mentioned.