Sand seals

Cross fault sand juxtaposed against sand seal in -65% of cases. 

Sealing the sides of a car hearth or of disc or donut hearths of rotary hearth furnaces is usually accomplished with sand-seals or water-trough seals. 

With moving hearths, there must be clearance (slot) between the movable and stationary parts. Water and sand seals have been used to control hot gas loss out and cold air loss in through such slots. The term seal implies complete stoppage of gas flow in or out of the furnace. Coauthor Shannon has worked with rotary furnaces in which seals held the leakage to near zero with a positive furnace pressure of 0.1" of water (2.54 mm), but that is rarely the case. To estimate the heat loss, multiply the slot area by the radiation per unit area at the zone temperature. 

Of the previously mentioned tabulated five situations, situation 1 is probably most desirable for industrial heat-processing furnaces. If the hearth is tight so that there can be no inleakage from below, the pressure at hearth level should be controlled at -1-0.02 in. wc (0.51 mm H2O). For conveyor furnaces and car-hearth furnaces, there may be a chance of a leak below the hearth level (as at a water seal or sand seal), in which case the -1-0.02 in. wc (0.51 mm H2O) pressure should be the setpoint for that lowest leak level. The control sensor should be just high enough above the hearth to avoid blockage by accumulated scale or refractory crumbs, and the control setpoint biased upward per table 7.1 for the difference in elevation between the sensor and the lowest leak. This will achieve the three objectives listed previously. 

Sand seals need frequent filling and checks for trough damage. Ceramic fiber (firehose-like) seals for door bottoms need watching for tears. 

Crack sealing/filling is only applied to crack widths greater than 3 mm. Cracks with width less than 3 mm (hairline cracks) are treated more effectively by micro-surfacing, surface dressing (chip seal), sand seal or fog seal. 

Bell Damper. A damper of the sand-seal type, and bell-shaped. Such dampers are used, for example, in annular kilns. 

Kiln Car. A car for the support of ware in a tunnel kiln or bogie kiln the car has four wheels and runs on rails. In a tunnel kiln, through which a number of these cars are moved end-to-end, the metal undercarriages are protected from the hot kiln gases by continuous sand-seals. The car deck is constructed of refractory and heat-insulating material. 

Sand Seal. A device for preventing hot gases from reaching the undercarriage of the cars in a tunnel kiln. It consists of two troughs running parallel to the internal walls of the kiln and filled with sand into this sand dip vertical metal plates (aprons) which are fixed to the sides of each kiln car. 

In other useful appHcations, siHcon nitride bearings have been found to offer exceUent performance siHcon nitride cutting tool inserts are a commercial product wear parts such as sand blast nozzles, seals, and die liners are also commercially produced the superior performance of heat exchangers has been demonstrated and there are also military appHcations. 

In practice, triple alloy is added to a clay graphite cmcible in a refractory-lined vacuum-tight chamber (Fig. 14). Power input is controlled by adjusting the appHed voltage until the charge is melted. A refractory cover is placed over the cmcible and sealed with sand. The furnace cover contains an opening which mates with a port connecting to a condenser. 

In joining reinforced thermosetting pipe it is particularly important that the pipe be cut without chipping or cracking it. It is also important to sand, file, or grind any mold-release agent from the surfaces to be cemented. Joints are built up layer by layer of adhesive-saturated reinforcement by following the manufacturer s recommended procedure. Application of adhesive to the surfaces to be joined and assembly of these surfaces shall produce a continuous bond and provide an adhesive seal to protect the reinforcement from attack by the contents of the pipe. Unfilled or unbonded areas of the joint are considered defects and must be repaired. 

Car-bottom furnaces differ from standard types in that the charge is placed upon movable cars for running into the furnace enclosure. The top oi the car is refractory-lined and forms the furnace hearth. The top only is exposed to heat, the lower metal structure being pro-tec ted by the hearth brick, sand, and water seals at the sides and ends and by the circulation of cooling air around the car structure below the hearth. For use where floor space is hmited elevator furnaces serve similar purposes. 

The rotary-hearth furnace consists of a heating chamber lined with refractory brick within which is an annular-shaped refractory-lined rotating hearth. Around the periphery of the rotating hearth, sand or circulating hquid seals are employed to prevent air infiltration. It can be made semicontinuous in operation. The hearth speed can be... 

The bearings are W ater lubricated. The typical materials of construction are carbon, copper alloys, bakelite and ceramics. The mechanical seals, like a double oil seal protected w ith a cap called a Sand Guard, are robust and perfect in sealing the inotor to prevent the entry of pumped... 

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