Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) announced UNCD T30, a new addition to its growing UNCD family of diamond materials. UNCD T30 is optimized to withstand fluid loss or dry running in mechanical seals for fluid pumps. Fluid loss is one of the largest causes of premature failure in rotating equipment resulting in equipment damage, lost production, and environmental contamination.
UNCD T30, when applied to a silicon carbide mechanical seal face, can be run against a variety of hard counterface materials (e.g., silicon carbide, graphitized silicon carbide, or another diamond face) in abrasive applications, at extreme temperatures, or under poorly lubricated conditions. Running UNCD T30 against a silicon carbide counterface reduces energy dissipation due to friction at the interface by 75% when compared to running silicon carbide against itself.
Because UNCD T30 is exposed to extreme shear forces when lubrication is lost, it has been engineered so that its bond strength to silicon carbide is stronger than the compressive strength of the silicon carbide itself.
Advanced Diamond Technologies, http://www.thindiamond.com
