The South African confectionery manufacturer Premier Foods was having problems with a seal on its licorice mixing machine.
AESSEAL South Africa Case Studies
On this page you will find case studies from South Africa, and the surrounding areas
SA firm makes big savings with CDPN
Constant seal failures followed by downtime and loss of production were causing problems for the South African company Woodchem SA.
Major savings for SA company
A South African coal mining company is making significant savings following a decision to send its CDPH™ heavy duty slurry seals directly t
DMSF seal the answer at South African plant
The installation of the AESSEAL® DMSF™ seal and SW2 water management system at the Ford plant in Pretoria, South Africa, has imp
Major water savings at South African paper company
A South African pulp and paper company is saving almost 18,000 litres of water a month following the installation of the AESSEAL® DISP
AESSEAL product brings big savings for South African company
The installation of an AESSEAL® FGDSS-N™ single slurry seal is saving a South African mining company thousands of dollars a year
CURC solves reliability problem for SA company
The persistent failure of a competitor’s cartridge seal was causing problems for the chemical processing company Investchem in Johannesburg.
CDPN seal the right fit for faulty slurry pump
The installation of an AESSEAL® 80mm CDPN™ double mechanical seal and a FLOWTRUE® water unit was the answer to a pers
Major reliability improvement with CSSN seals
The installation of the AESSEAL® CSSN™ cartridge seal has resulted in a dramatic improvement in seal reliability for a South Afr
Saving over 1 billion gallons of water
The mine’s Warman® F-frame pumps were sealed with gland packing which required 19 US gallons (71 litres) per minute of gland water per pu
Huge water savings for uranium mine
A Namibian uranium mine had 24 Krebbs pumps sealed with gland packing.
AESSEAL is always available to help when needed
A South African mining company was continually being forced to halt operations at one of its plants when a competitor’s seal persistently failed at
DMSF seals halt water leakage
Premature seal failure was causing barrier water and product leakage in a South African chemical plant.
Fast delivery, reliable solutions.
During start-up of a new plant in South Africa, the customer had repeated problems with a mechanical seal that repeatedly failed.
Improving reliability and reducing product loss for sugar Refinery
A South African based sugar refining plant was using gland packing on two screened juice pumps and two mixed juice pumps with a quench to drain sea
AESSEAL product solves seal failure problem
The installation of an SISR seal with Plan 62 was the solution to the persistent seal failures being experienced by a South African chemical c
LabTecta the answer for SA chemical company
Constant motor failures on cooling tower motors were plaguing a South African chemical company.
Cleaner plant with AESSEAL gland packing
The replacement of a competitor’s gland packing system by the AESSEAL® Gland Packing Style 745TP has resulted in a cleaner environment f
Quality of service key to AESSEAL contract
The rapid response of the AESSEAL® team to an urgent request for a replacement seal led to the award of a new contract from a South Afri
Reliability upgrade improves Mean Time Between Failure by 5 times
Major chemical company SASOL were experiencing premature seal failure on one of its process pumps.
Reduced maintenance after change to mechanical seal
A change from gland packing to an AESSEAL® Convertor II™ mechanical seal has helped the South African energy and chemical company Sasol
Reliability upgrade improves Mean Time Between Failure from 1 week to 8 months.
Major chemical company SASOL were experiencing premature seal failure on one of its process pumps.
Massive water savings with new seal
The South African company Sappi Saiccor was having problems with water wastage in a country where water conservation has become a vital considerati
LabTecta seals halt costly oil leaks
A South African company specialising in the production of animal feed was having constant problems with a leaking gearbox, which was leaking oil vi
Quality service and technical support for South African contract
A series of pump and seal failures and a lack of technical and service support led the South African company COFCO International to approach AESSEA
A place of greater safety with AESSEAL SCMS
Shaft fretting and product leakage into the atmosphere were causing safety issues and problems of product contamination for a South African&nb
Mechanical seals runs an incredible 17 years without problems
Tongaat Hullett Sugar were un happy with the amount of maintenance required on the sealing of one of its pumps.
Water and cost savings with reliability upgrade
A beer producer in South Africa was being forced by the local government to save water around their facility.
Mechanical Seal upgrade improve reliability and saves more than ZAR 580,000
A specialist mining company used gland packing in the feed pumps at their tailing processing facility.
Five times improvement in reliability
Experiencing poor reliability a mining facility in South Africa, a vertically integrated chemical and mining company turned to AESSEAL®
ZAR84,000 Saving with reliability upgrade from packing
A vertically integrated chemical and mining company had a poor mean time between failure (MTBF) on a water pump on one of its mining facilities in
Trapezoidal Packing Improves Reliability
A paper producer in South Africa was having problems with the packing on its pumps leaking uncontrollably and damaging the pump shaft sleeve - lead
Reliability upgrade improves reliability 700%
A major steel producer in South Africa were experiencing unacceptable leakage and reliability with one of their lime slurry pumps.
Reliability upgrade saves over ZAR200,000 in just 10 months of operation
A copper, zinc and lead mine in South Africa was experiencing reliability issues with three of their mine de-watering pumps.
Trapeziodal Packing improves reliability 3-fold
A phosphates and phosphoric acid producer in South Africa was having problems with the packing on its phosphoric acid pumps leaking uncontrollably
Over 20 million litres of water saved in 5 years for just 2 pumps
A latex producer in South Africa was consuming a large quantity of water in API Plan 54 seal support systems (quench to drain) in 2 pumps.
Dual Seal Upgrade saves over 17 million litres of water
A major sugar manufacturer at one of its alcohol manufacturing sites were looking to reduce the amount of water consumed on 19 critical pumps at on
Catalogue of issues lead to failures on power station valves
A South African power station were experiencing regular outages leading to expensive downtime along with poor emission control and high energy loss
Huge Water Savings for Distillery
An alcohol distillation plant had historically used competitor single seals and previous engineers were not keen on the idea of changing to dual se
Improved pump reliability for oil refinery
A major oil refinery in South Africa had an unreliable mechanical seal on a cooler water pump.
Savings all round for South African beer producer
A South African customer had an extremely low MTBF on a top entry mixer where the shaft dealing arrangement was a viton lip seal.
Water Savings for South African Corn Miller
The FIDC™ seal is the next generation of high performance sealing solutions.
Increased reliability saves over 1,500,000 ZAR
With an unreliable pump seal, major South African refinery turned to AESSEAL® for assistance.
LabTecta ends dust pollution problem for SA firm
A South African company is preventing dust from escaping into the working environment and is saving thousands of dollars a year in the cost of repa
Mondi Meets Sustainability Targets
International packaging and paper group Mondi has installed AESSEAL water management systems cutting water usage at the plant by more than 60,000 k
5 years without failure and a ZAR3.2million saving
Upgrade from gland packing to a CDPN seal increases MTBF despite pumping a highly abrasive mix of sand and seawater slurry.