Active surface for a packing seal intended for a shaft sealing system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10690249
APP PUB NO 20160172062A1
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14905347

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A packing seal is provided for a system for sealing the shaft of a primary motor-driven pump unit of a nuclear reactor, intended to ensure sealing between the primary circuit and the atmosphere. The packing seal including a rotary active surface and a floating active surface, in which a face of the floating active surface and/or the rotary active surface is micro- or nano-structured by an array of holes or pillars, each hole or pillar having lateral dimensions and a height of between 10 nm and 5 μm, the distance between two consecutive holes or pillars being between 10 nm and 5 μm.

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AREVA NPKOLB WATT FRANCE COURBEVOIE HAUTS-DE-SEINE

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Tebby, Zoé Haspres, FR 4 1

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