Diamond Coatings

Overview and Application

Agenda
Diamond Coatings
• Introduction
• Diamond as a seal face
• Properties of diamond
• Test results
• Applications
• Summary
Seal Basics
The essential elements
• Plugs the hole
• Handles relative motion
Pump • Compatible with fluid
Casing • Primary seal is made
Seal Gland at the seal faces

Hydraulic Pressure
Impeller
The Hole

Shaft
 Hard Face Materials Timeline
Flowserve’s first recorded use of
Stellite as a face coating Pursuit of
Flowserve releases
API 682 1st Edition diamond coated
Durchrome coating
Mass production standardizes on RB SiC seal faces
Tungsten Carbide
of silicon carbide formula is refined Flowserve’s first use of Tungsten Flowserve’s first use of
powder and becomes Carbide DS SiC
suitable as a seal
Reaction bonded face material DS SiC pricing drops to
Silicon Carbide around RB SiC price
Flowserve’s first use of
produced Flowserve tests solid
Graphite Loaded SiC
Reaction Bonded SiC faces

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1996 1959 1965 1970s
2000 1973 1975
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1980 1982 1988 1992 1994 2008
2006 1995 1990s 2000s
20102012
2012
Tungsten
Stellite invented Carbide Reaction Bonded SiC becomes
commercialized Flowserve using both Nickel most popular seal face for oil &
bound and Cobalt bound gas industry
Tungsten Carbide (WC)
Tungsten Carbide
invented
Reaction Bonded SiC Flowserve moves away Flowserve’s Hard Face Usage
quality becomes suitable from new applications of
Flowserve uses Silicon Carbide is:
for seal faces Cobalt bound WC
coating on a carbon face 32% DS SiC
26% RB SiC
24% Nickel bound WC
Flowserve’s first wear First patent issued for Direct 16% Graphite Loaded SiC*
testing on Tungsten Sintered SiC process. DS SiC <1% Cobalt bound WC
Carbide commands a price premium over <1% Diamond coated
RB SiC <1% Stellite / Durchrome
History of Mechanical Seal Face Coatings
Seal face coatings have been used throughout Flowserve’s history to provide
improved seal face performance
• Durchrome
– A chromium oxide coating introduced by Flowserve in 1978 to be applied over a
316ss base material and used as a hard face
• Stellite®
– A widely applied cobalt-chromium coating applied on many stainless base materials
to provide improved hardness and reduced wear
• Diamond-like Carbon (DLC)
– An amorphous carbon material applied over a silicon carbide base material that
provides an “elastic” effect of polishing without galling
– Useful for incidental dry running contact at startup and shutdown with hard on hard
gas seal faces
• Ultrananocrystalline Diamond
– A polycrystalline synthetic diamond coating apply over a silicon carbide substrate to
improve material properties related to wear
Why use Diamond Coatings?
Diamond’s material properties provide advantages for seal faces
• Diamond is the hardest known natural material
– Wear resistant
– Abrasion resistant
• Low friction characteristic based on grain structure
– Dry run tolerance
– Low break-out torque (dry)
• High Thermal Conductivity
– Transfer seal face generated heat
• Chemically resistant in acids, alkalines, and solvents
– More resistant than any typical seal ring material
Specific Applications for Refineries
Hot water
Dirty water
Dirty hydrocarbon
Tower bottoms
Highly viscous fluids
loading/unloading applications that run dry for short periods
What is a Diamond Seal Face?
Today there are no solid diamond seal faces
• Faces described as diamond have an ultrathin
coating of synthetic diamond applied to a
silicon carbide base material
• Surface roughness and flatness of the coating are
heavily influenced by the base material
• There are several microstructures and application
techniques which differentiate diamond coatings
and produce unique performance characteristics
Who is Advanced Diamond Technologies?
Our partner in developing diamond coatings for mechanical seal faces
• In the early 1990’s Flowserve began working with Argonne National
Laboratories
• In 1998 Flowserve signed development agreement with ANL
• In 2003 Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) spins off ANL
• In 2008 Flowserve begins testing Ultrananocrystalline diamond
(UNCD®) coatings on mechanical seal faces
• In 2010 Flowserve begins field trials of UNCD coated seal faces
• In April 2013 Flowserve signs collaboration agreement with ADT

Flowserve begins working with ANL ADT spins off ANL to Flowserve begins field trialing
on diamond coatings commercialize UNCD UNCD coated seal faces

1990 1998 2003 2008 2010 2013

Flowserve signs development Flowserve begins testing UNCD Flowserve signs agreement with
agreement with ANL coatings on seal faces ADT
What else does ADT do?
UNCD coatings provide benefits in a number of industries
• Electrochemical water treatment

• Wafers for Microelectromechanical

systems (MEMS)

• Journal bearings

• NaDiaProbes
– Solid UNCD ultra-fine probe tips

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Our Agreement with Advanced Diamond Technologies
Positions Flowserve as the exclusive provider of UNCD seal faces
• Provides Flowserve unique access to UNCD for use on mechanical seal
faces
– UNCD’s ability to run opposite a seal face of any material is unique in the
marketplace
• Establishes an R&D collaboration effort with ADT to continue to advance
seal face technology

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How Diamond Coatings are Applied
Coating type varies by manufacturing process. Process control is significant
• Flowserve uses HF-CVD (Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition)
– 2000-2100°C (3600-3800°F) hot filaments positioned over substrate parts at
600-800°C (1100-1500°F) in a carbon-rich gas chamber grow diamond
grains on the substrate
– Diamond is grown from the seal face; chemistry bonds the diamond to the
substrate

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 Inside the Reactor

Reaction with methane gas liberates carbon atoms providing the building blocks of diamond

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Flowserve Diamond Coating
Flowserve recommends Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD®)
• UNCD formulation improves coating adhesion
– Flowserve setout to provide a coating with adhesion strength that would
exceeded the strength of the SiC substrate and to be able to prove it
 During scratch testing, adhesion strength exceeded the limits of the testing equipment.
Tested to 6400 MPa (928 ksi); 2x the compressive strength of the SiC substrate
Competitor adhesion has not been tested to this extent
– Competitor testing with the pin-pull method proved adhesive strength up to 76-90 MPa
(11-13 ksi) for their product.

Flowserve Method Competitor Method

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What is UNCD?
UNCD is a fine grain pure diamond coating
Attribute Ultrananocrystalline Microcrystalline
Grain Size Less than 1 micron 1 to 10 microns
Mating Faces Carbon, Silcar, or Diamond Another Diamond Only
Thickness A few microns A few microns
Roughness 0.175 – 0.250 microns 0.500 microns

Flowserve K10 Flowserve K30 Competitor Product

Grain size is 0.005 – 0.3 μm Grain size is <1 μm Grain size is 3 - 4 μm

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All scales shown represent 10 μm on that image
How Diamond Coatings Compare
Diamond coatings offer exceptional hardness
• Hardness is an indicator for resistance to three-body abrasion
• Hardness is an important property in applications containing abrasive
solids

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How Diamond Coatings Compare
Diamond coatings offer extremely low friction
• Lower friction can equal lower wear
• Diamond exhibits low frictions when operating on either liquids or
gases
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How Diamond Coatings Compare
Diamond coatings offer extremely high thermal conductivity
• High thermal conductivity translates into consistent temperatures
across the seal faces
• Seal face temperatures are closer to the bulk fluid temperature

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Wet-Dry-Wet Running Performance
UNCD coatings show significant increase in dry running life compared with SiC
vs. SiC faces
• UNCD vs. uncoated SiC provides short term dry running performance
similar to uncoated SiC vs. Carbon

Seal Face Dry Run Testing

Average Time to Reach 500°F (260°C) Seal

30
Face Tempearture (Minutes)

25

20

15

10

0
SiC/SiC SiC/Carbon K30/SiC K10/Carbon K30/K30 Competitor
Diamond*
Face Material Combination

* The only data available is the time to reach 300°F (150°C)

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Test Result – Dry Running UNCD vs SiC
ISC2 1.875 dry run testing
• SiC vs SiC (YO) 50 seconds to reach 260°C (500°F) – Extrapolated
• UNCD (K30) vs SiC 7 minutes to reach 260°C (500°F)
– 8 times longer
600
282
500
232
400
Temperature (°F)

Temperature (°C)
Thermocouple failed at 182
373°F (33 seconds)
300
132

200
82

100 32

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23 23 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
:5 :5 00 00 01 01 02 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 05 06 06 07
9 :2 9 :5 :1 :4 :0 :3 :0 :2 :5 :1 :4 :1 :3 :0 :2 :5 :2 :4 :1
5 1 7 3 9 5 0 6 2 8 4 0 6 2 8 4 0 6 2

SiC vs SiC UNCD vs. SiC

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Test Result – Dry Running UNCD vs UNCD
SLC Group 1 dry run testing @ 1450 rpm
• SiC vs SiC (YO) 53 seconds to reach 220°C (428°F)
• UNCD vs UNCD (K30) 12 minutes 10 seconds to reach 220°C (428°F)
– 13 times longer

250.0 482.0
432.0
200.0 382.0
332.0
Temperature (°C)

Temperature (°F)
150.0
282.0
232.0
100.0
182.0

50.0 132.0
82.0
0.0 32.0
23 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:1 0:1 0:1
:59 0:0 0:5 1:5 2:5 3:5 4:5 5:5 6:5 7:5 8:5 9:5 0:5 1:5 2:5
:00 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

UNCD vs UNCD SiC vs SiC

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Test Result – Partial Dry Running with Water
ISC2 1.875 dry run testing @ 4,800 rpm
• Enlarged bore seal chamber with residual water
• Maximum temperature reached after 90 minutes was just 85°C
(185°F)
– 108 times longer than SiC vs SiC under the same conditions @ 3,600 rpm
212 100

192 90

172 80
70

Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°F)

152
60
132
50
112
40
92
30
72 20
52 10
32 0
0:00 0:15 0:30 0:45 1:00 1:15 1:30

Time (hh:mm)
Flowserve UNCD vs Tunsten Carbide 2
Test Result – Partial Dry Running with Oil
ISC2 1.875 dry run testing @ 3,600 rpm
• Enlarged bore seal chamber with residual oil
• Average temperature reached after 90 minutes was just 103°C (217°F)
• Average temperature reached over 5 hours was 121°C (251°F)
500
245
450
225

400 205

Temperature (°C)
Temperature (°F)

185
350
165
300 145

250 125
105
200
85
150 65
0:00 0:15 0:30 0:45 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 5:00 5:15

Time (hh:mm)

UNCD vs Tungsten Carbide SiC vs SiC

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Comparison of Partial Dry Running in Oil
Diamond runs cooler than SiC vs SiC in all conditions tested
• Diamond vs Tungsten Carbide was 37°C (68°F) cooler over first 90
minutes dry
• Diamond vs Tungsten Carbide was 22°C (39°F) cooler over 5 hours of dry
running
• Diamond vs Tungsten Carbide was 61°C (111°F) cooler during wet
running

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 Comparison of Wear Post Test
OD
Slight Buildup

ID

Tungsten Carbide UNCD Coated SiC

Uneven Wear

Severe Wear

Uncoated SiC
Uncoated SiC
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Analysis of Face Condition Post Test
Radial surface taper & surface roughness
• Even wear on tungsten carbide vs UNCD
– The increase in measured radial taper on UNCD face was buildup not wear
– The increase in surface roughness on UNCD was from buildup and not wear
• Uneven wear on SiC faces evident by high radial taper changes

Property Face Location UNCD vs WC SiC vs SiC

Values in µin
Increase in radial Stator (WC) 8.705 131.950
taper Rotor (UNCD) 11.367 50.541
Increase in Stator (WC) 1.268 5.102
surface
roughness Rotor (UNCD) 3.420 5.861

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 Test Results – Warm Water
This K30 diamond coated
ThisDiamond shows
SiC face was run clear benefits over traditional face materialsface ran in the same service
opposite another SiC face in for 4,000 hours with barely a
68°C (155°F) water for witness mark
200 hours

Severe
flashing
damage

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Test Results – Hot Water
Eliminating Plan 21 or 23
• Test conditions
– 100 hours per material combination
– 150°C (300°F) Hot water, uncooled (Plan 11)
– 6.9 bar (100 psi )
– 3,600 rpm
– 35 mm (1.375 inch ) shaft
– QB series seal
• Test Combinations:
– UNCD vs UNCD
– UNCD vs SiC
– UNCD vs Carbon
– Carbon vs SiC
– QBU

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Test Results – Hot Water
Control tests
• Carbon vs RB SiC with Plan 23
• QBU Carbon vs RB SiC with Plan 11
Results table
Carbon Carbon QBU UNCD vs UNCD vs UNCD vs
vs SiC vs SiC UNCD SiC Carbon
Plan 23 Plan 11 Plan 11 Plan 11 Plan 11 Plan 11
Overall Wear Low High Low Zero Medium Medium
Radial Taper High High Low Low Low Medium
Initial Leakage Zero Zero Zero 1 dpm 1 dph Zero
Steady State Leakage Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero

Overall Ranking #2 #6 #4* #1 #3 #4

*QBU ranking was reduced due to debris build up in grooves
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Benefits of Eliminating Plan 23
Increased thermal efficiency
• Plan 23 is more efficient than 21, however it still removes on average over
3 kW (10,200 BTU/hr)
– That’s well over $1,000 USD per year
Cooling water savings
• 11 lpm (3 gpm) of cooling water can cost over $8,000 USD per year
Material savings
• Eliminates cooler, interconnecting tubing, valves, and thermowells
– That’s over $3,000 savings per installation
Labor and infrastructure
• Eliminates the need to run cooling water to some parts of the plant and
removes the load on the cooling water system
Total savings more than offsets the cost of UNCD

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Guidance on Using UNCD in Hot Water
Approved range without cooling
• Up to 355°F (180°C)
• Up to 3,600 rpm
• UNCD vs UNCD or UNCD vs SiC
• QB Series or ISC2 Series

Notes
• Either grade of SiC may be run against
UNCD
• Carbon may be used with UNCD with Enhanced images of seal face surfaces
from UNCD vs UNCD test – no wear
ATS approval
• UNCD may be used in hot water service with Plan 23 beyond the
stated ranges or seal types

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Test Result - Entrained Gas
Material Combinations Tested:
• SiC vs SiC
• SiC vs Diamond
• WC vs Diamond
• Diamond vs
Diamond
15% air by volume
85% water by
volume
100 hour test
25.4 mm (1.000 inch) unbalanced seal @ 1,750 rpm

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Entrained Gas
Simulates poorly vented vertical pump

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Test Result - Entrained Gas
Diamond combinations ran an average of 37ºC (67ºF) cooler than SiC vs SiC
• Statically insignificant running temperature between the diamond
combinations

Attribute SiC vs SiC SiC vs Diamond WC vs Diamond Diamond vs

Diamond
Test Duration 1.5 hrs 100 hrs 100 hrs 100 hrs
Seal Face 23.1 microns 8.7 microns 0.77 microns None
Wear Rate (910 µinches) (340 µinches) (30 µinches)

Average 60ºC (140ºF) 21.1ºC (70ºF) 20.6ºC (69ºF) 27.2ºC (81ºF)

Temperature
Theoretical 1.5 hrs 4.2 years 47.6 years Infinite
Wear Life

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Field Result
Flashing hydrocarbon application at major US refinery
Uncoated SiC after running against UNCD diamond after running against
carbon carbon

Severe
flashing
damage

No apparent damage, only a slight buildup

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Why UNCD Coated Seal Faces?
Because low lubricity services can damage traditional seal face materials

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Target Applications
Providing solutions for challenging applications
• Low wear
– Intermittent dry running
 loading and unloading applications
• High hardness
– Three-body abrasion on seal face running surface
 Slurries
 Silicon carbide scoring and binder pullout can be eliminated
• Reduced friction
– Low lubricity fluids
 Hot water
 Multiphase fluids
 Gas entrainment
• USP Class VI tested and approved
– Food and pharmaceutical applications

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Are Diamond Coatings Right for Your Application?
Consider diamond coated seal faces when you see seal face damage!
Is the Seal Face Running
Surface Damaged?

Yes, the Yes, the

Hard Face Carbon Face

Damage from Damage from Low Damage from

Damage from Other
Intermittent Vapor Pressure Long Duration
Abrasives Damage
Lubrication Margin Dry Running

Consider Consider Consider Contact

Diamond Wavy Face* Dual Seals* Flowserve*
*Diamond may not help 3
Target Applications
Upstream Oil & Gas Mining & General Slurries
• Produced water • Fibrous slurries
• Crude oil pipeline • Abrasive slurries
• Multiphase pumps • Batch processes
Power Chemical
• FGD slurries • Loading & unloading pumps
• Boiler feed water • Fluids with entrained gases
• River water (dirty water) • Solutions with abrasives
Refineries • Caustics
• Dirty hydrocarbons • Strong acids
• Light hydrocarbons • Solvents
• Warm water

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Target Applications
Seals available with diamond coated faces
• ISC2 / ISC2-682
• QB / QBQ / QBS / QBU
• UC / D
• UHTW / DHTW
• HSH
• BX Series
• SLC
• SLM
• RIS

Contact Flowserve for information on UNCD coatings in other seals

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General Application Range
Operating Parameters
Pressure: 0 to 140 BarG (0 to 2000 PSI)
Temperature: -40° to 204°C (0 to 400°F)
Speed: up to 46 m/s (150 fps)
Viscosity: 0.2 to 5,000 cP
Specific Gravity: 0.4 to 2.0
Sizes: 25.4 to 280 mm (1.000 to 11.000 inches)
These are not firm limits, the range of diamond coating experience continues to
increase

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Application References
Over 250 unique Bills of Material already exist
Customers in every industry
• Dow
• DuPont
• Exxon
• Citgo
Chevron
• BP

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Application List
Service Faces Seal Type Seal Size Pressure Temperature
Liquid Propane/Isobutane K30 Stator QBQW 2.375 209/301 95-105
Condensate (Water) K30 Stator Europac 50 mm 6.8-9 bar 30-160 C
Condensate (Water) K30 Rotor Europac 50 mm 6.8-9 bar 30-160 C
Liquid Propane/Isobutane K10 vs. Carbon QBQ 2.375 231 95-105
Propane Diamond Stator QBQW 3 215/245 110-125
Deionized Water K30 vs. SiC ISC2-PXW 1.75 40-150 75-90
LPG/Diesel/Gasoline Diamond Rotor HSHW 4 25-86 kg/cm^2 ?
LPG/Diesel/Gasoline Diamond Rotor HSHW 4 25-86 kg/cm^2 ?
Hydrocarbons K10 vs Carbon QBQW 2.125 278/315 100
Ground Bauxite & Caustic Liquor K30 vs. K30 SLC 5 2100 kPaG 87.9 C
Stripper Reflux K10 vs Carbon QBW 2.125 103 70
Caustic (NaOH) Liquor K30 vs K30 SLCW 1 <100kPa 59.1 C
Diluted Bitumen (Sales Oil) K30 vs SiC BX 2.125 0 - 136 174-650 (439 Norm)
Off Spec Vacuum Tower Bottoms K30 vs. SiC BRCSH 2.375 129.00 275-400
Sour Hydrocarbon/Water K30 vs. SiC PTO-EN 2.125 30-185 130
River water K30 vs. SiC ISC2-PXW 2.125 80 80
Caustic Soda K30 vs. K30 SlC 4 4.2-12.7 barG 85 C
6th Washer O/F, Solids K30 vs K30 SLCW 1 ? 59.1 C
Spent Liquor/Solids K30 vs K30 ISC 2 ? 90-100
Liquor Filtrate/Solids SLCW 1 486 kPaG 69 C
Caustic Concentration K30 vs K30 SLC 4 530 kPaG 85 C
Polyol K30 vs LV ISC2-PXW 1.75 45 266
Dowtherm A K30 vs SiC BXHW/BXHHW 5 12.5/36.6 304/401
Dowtherm A K30 vs SiC BXHW/BXHHW 5 12.5/36.7 304/402 4
Application List
Service Faces Seal Type Seal Size Pressure Temperature
Acetic Acid K30 vs Tungsten RO 1.375 15 220
Boiler Feed Water K10 vs Carbon DW 3.25 160 240
Caustic (NaOH) Liquor K30 vs K30 SLCW 1 <100kPa 59.1 C
CELLULOSIC SLURRY K30 vs Tungsten BXLSW 95mm 33 100
Clarifier Sludge Recirc K30 vs SiC ISC2-PXW 45mm 25 110
Clear Green Liquor Filtrate K30 vs K30 SLCW 4 105
CRUDE OIL K30 vs K30 HSHW 4.75 896.5 80
Digested Bauxite Residue K30 vs K30 SLC 4 76.9 85
Diluted Bitumen (Sales Oil) K30 vs SiC BX 2.125 19.7
DIMETHYLACETAMIDE (DMAC) K30 vs SiC ISC2-PP 1.875 15.5 360
AMMONIUM SULPHATE, AQUEOUS K30 vs SiC ISC2-BXW 1.875 54 240
Dowtherm A K30 vs SiC BXRH 3.125 20 550
Hydrocarbon Drain K30 vs SiC QBQW 2.5 271.7 55
Lime Slurry K30 vs SiC SLC 1 45 100
Polyol K30 vs Tungsten ISC1SX 1.75 12 266
Propane (Liquid) K10 vs Carbon QBQW 2.375 231 100
PROPANE, ETHANE K30 vs SiC QBQW 2 288 110
Propylene Glycol K30 vs Tungsten ISC2-PPW 1.75 100 266
Naphtha K30 vs SiC BX 2.125 285 110
Off Spec Vacuum Tower Bottoms K30 vs SiC BRCSH 2.375 15 275
Sour Hydrocarbon / Water K30 vs SiC PTO-EN 2.125 30 130
Waste Water K30 vs SiC QBQ 2.25 137.4 25
WET GYPSUM K30 vs SiC SLC 2
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Diamond Coated Seal Face Inventory
Flowserve aims to make diamond coated faces easy to obtain
• The most common seals & sizes have been added to inventory in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Seal Type ISC2 QB BX SLC SLM
Sizes 1.125-3.000 & 1.750-3.750 1.500-3.500 Groups 1-6 2.000, 2.625,
3.750 3.250, 3.937,
4.125, 5.375

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Pricing
Your solution options for poor lubricating services
• Example: Single ISC2 1.875” with SiC vs SiC faces and 11 month MTBF

Possible Solutions
Annual Costs UNCD Custom Seal Plan 32 Dual Seal No Change
First Cost $500 $2,000 $1,000 $1,000 for seal + $0
$1,000 for
auxiliary
Operating Cost Savings $0 $0.01/gallon 1 $0.005/gallon for Base
(Lower power gpm = $5,256 cooling water
Consumption)
$2,628
Maintenance $0 $0 $0 $30/gallon barrier $1,000 +
cost fluid, 12 gpy = down time
$360 + labor
Total Cost $500 $2,000 $6,256 >$5,000 $1,000
Lowest Cost
Option *Prices are relative 4
Pricing
Your solution options for poor lubricating services
• Example: Single ISC2 1.875” with SiC vs SiC faces and 11 month MTBF

Possible Solutions
Annual Costs UNCD Custom Seal Plan 32 Dual Seal No Change
First Cost €500 €2.000 €1.000 €1.000 for seal + €0
€1.000 for
auxiliary
Operating Cost Savings €0 €0.0025/L €0.001/L for Base
(Lower power 4 Lpm = €5.256 cooling water
Consumption)
€2.628
Maintenance €0 €0 €0 €10/L barrier fluid, €1.000 +
cost 48 Lpy = €480 + down time
labor
Total Cost €500 €2.000 €6.256 >€5.000 €1.000
Lowest Cost
Option *Prices are relative 4
What does Success Look Like?
Customers are embracing UNCD
• Over 5,900 Flowserve UNCD coated faces sold in 2014
• Currently producing over 800-1,000 UNCD faces a month
• UNCD users continue to expand their usage
• No unhappy customers have been reported

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Marketing Materials
Tools to help understand UNCD coated seal faces
• Technology Brochure
– Available at [Link]
• [Link]/UNCD

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Summary
Flowserve offers the widest range of seal face surface preparations to address
challenging applications
• Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) coatings
• Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings
– hard vs hard non-contacting Gaspac and Mixerpac seals
• Laser-applied precision face topography
– Wavy faces
– Advance pattern grooves
• Machined-applied face topography
– Lube grooves
– Hydropads

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Questions?