Mechanical Seal Types: Cartridge, Balanced, Unbalanced, Conventional, Pusher, Non Pusher

There are various types and arrangement of the mechanical seals being used for the centrifugal pumps. This articles describes some of the commonly used mechanical seal types like Cartridge type mechanical seals, Balanced type, Unbalanced type, Conventional, Pusher, and Non-Pusher type of mechanical seals. Each of these have described below in detail. The article also describes how the selection of the mechanical seals can be done.