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Re: lv-ab: Stuffing box packing sizes

From: Mark Sienkiewicz (no email)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 23:56:57 EDT

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    At 02:56 PM 7/16/2001 -0500, Sellar, William E. wrote:
    > So I bought 1/4 PTFE packing and
    >put in three rows as had been there before. The box would not leak no
    >matter how loose.

    Isn't PTFE the acronym for the polymer they make "dripless packing"
    out of? It is supposedly slippery enough that you don't need to get
    it wet to keep it from getting too hot.

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