What are API Plans

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 What are API Plans?

In Industries we utilising standardised seal pipework layouts to extend the life of mechanical seal systems. In-depth API seal piping layouts maintain the ideal seal chamber environment ensuring less seal face wear.

Pitting of Seal Faces

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has updated and maintained seal piping plans ever since they were initially created. The current plans are arranged sequentially and based on API 682.

Need of the API plan :

    • Mechanical seal thermal management system

    • Prevents Solid particles to enter seal faces

    • Improving vapor pressure margin in the seal chamber

    • Prevent  damage of other parts of seal



    To prevent seal faces damage 

    • Pitting on carbon face 

    • Rills around the hard faces



    To prevent Cracking of seal faces


    To prevent Sludging or coking



To prevent Erosion 


To prevent O ring Damage

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