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A stuffing box or gland package is an assembly which is used to house a gland seal. [1] It is used to prevent leakage of fluid, such as water or steam, between sliding or turning parts of machine elements .
A stuffing box is an assembly which is used to house a gland seal. The polished rod and stuffing box combination is used to maintain a good liquid seal at the surface. A sound stuffing box installation is critical to safety because failure can admit a catastrophic volume of water into the boat.
stuffing box. noun. : a device that prevents leakage along a moving part (such as a connecting rod) passing through a hole in a vessel (such as a cylinder) containing steam, water, or oil and that consists of a box or chamber made by enlarging the hole and a gland to compress the contained packing. Word History. First Known Use.
Wiele przetłumaczonych zdań z "stuffing box" – słownik polsko-angielski i wyszukiwarka milionów polskich tłumaczeń.
The stuffing box is a packing assembly or a shaft seal that is used as a sealing device to prevent leakages of air or water or steam from rotating or sliding shaft. They are mostly used in the pump to prevent fluid leakage.
What is an engine stuffing box? In a crosshead type two-stroke marine diesel engine, the stuffing box provides a seal between an engine’s scavenge space and crankcase. Stuffing boxes are required to reduce the likelihood of a scavenge space fire, crankcase explosion, and/or oil contamination. Trunk type engines do not have a stuffing box.
a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc. Also called: gland. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
