Apparatus and method for selecting a mechanical seal

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G - Physics

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G06Q 10/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2323752

An automated seal selection, seal design, manufacturing, and post sales allows a distributor or untrained user to select a replacement seal for a pump. The automated system designs and engineers the seal, whether standard or special, and creates all drawings, documentation, quotations and other output forms. The automated system initiates selection from inventory or purchasing of materials to be used in the manufacturing operations, creates all manufacturing CNC programs for the components to be manufactured and downloads to CNC from manufacturing equipment. The system allows selection of a seal based upon a seal part number, or selection of a seal based upon the pump into which the seal will be installed and the operating conditions of the pump. The pump maybe defined by searching through a database of existing pumps, or may be defined as a new pump if it is not in the pump database. Results of a previous compatibility analysis, perhaps performed by the seal manufacturer, may be accessed for existing pumps, or an on-line compatibility analysis may be performed for new pumps, to determine whether an existing seal fits the pump with no modification. If no existing seal fits, the system provides two options. In a first option, a special seal is specified which will fit the pump with no modifications to the pump. An integrated design system determines dimensions for the special seal and its various components in real time providing immediate quotations including drawings. With a second option, modifications to the pump are defined so that a standard seal will fit. After a seal is specified, the system recommends materials of construction and allows the customer to select materials and other selectable options.

L'invention concerne un système automatisé de sélection, de conception, de fabrication et de service après-vente d'un joint permettant à un distributeur ou à un utilisateur inexpérimenté de choisir un joint de remplacement pour une pompe. Ledit système permet de sélectionner un joint en fonction d'un numéro de pièce, ou en fonction de la pompe dans laquelle le joint sera installé et des conditions d'exploitation de la pompe. La pompe peut être définie suite à une recherche des pompes existantes dans une base de données, ou elle peut être définie comme nouvelle pompe si elle ne figure pas dans la base de données. Un système de conception intégré détermine les dimensions du joint spécifique et ses divers composants en temps réel, et fournit des estimations de prix immédiates assorties de dessins. Grâce à une deuxième option, les modifications apportées à la pompe sont définies de manière à permettre le montage d'un joint standard. Après spécification d'un joint, le système recommande des matériaux de construction et permet à l'utilisateur de choisir des matériaux et autres options à choix. Le système produit alors en sortie une proposition assortie de dessins comportant toutes les dimensions, le prix, les notes de modification, les avertissements, une facture totale des matériaux, un formulaire de commande, un formulaire de demande devis, et un formulaire de vérification des dimensions.

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