Decades-old refineries in the California Bay Area still have numerous pumps that use gland packing to control leakage. In many instances, the age of the pump and seemingly minimal maintenance …

Day-to-day in Bay Area refineries, you are likely to deal with installations of nearly every API 682 Seal Plan, from the simple API Plan 11 to the more complicated API …

At some point in the life cycle of older pumps that still use gland packing seals to prevent, or, more accurately, limit process fluid leakage, you’ll look at the maintenance …