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 Woodex Bearing Company Inc./MECO Shaft Seals
Company Profile
Woodex Bearing Company manufactures Woodex® oil-impregnated wood bearings, and MECO® custom-engineered mechanical shaft seals in Georgetown, Maine. Woodex bearings are used in a variety of materials handling equipment, including screw conveyors and roll conveyors.
Products include three lines of standard hanger bearings, mechanical shaft seals, wood bearings, several roll end bearing profiles, and spherical bearings. Custom wood plane bearings are manufactured for a wide variety of shaft sizes and applications.
MECO mechanical shaft seals are used to seal dry powders, pastes, slurries, vapors, gases and fluids in many types of process machinery in these industries:
- Chemicals
- Food
- Minerals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Plastics
- Primary Metals
- Pulp & Paper
MECO split seals are famous for their “invisible” partlines. MECO engineers review each seal application individually and specify design and materials for optimum performance. The seals are then drawn to spec and custom-manufactured. MECO is the original high-runout shaft seal for dry powder process machinery, and remains the leader in the field.
A network of custom seal distributors and qualified resellers provide support services, from equipment measurement to seal installation and operator training. MECO’s engineering staff does telephone and email consultation, and can provide on-site technical support where needed to ensure customer satisfaction.
MECO seals are manufactured for screw conveyors, mixers, blenders, dryers, crushers and grinders, extruders, extractors and many other process machines.
MECO Custom Shaft Seals:
- Series AH & AP
- Series EA
- Series EX-Pac
- Series MECO-DR
- Series MECO-Pac
- Series OFS
MECO Custom-engineered shaft seals have solved some of the thorniest sealing problems industry has to offer. MECO Seals tolerate 1/4" and more of diametric runout, and eliminate the problems usually associated with mechanical packing. With packing, it's necessary to have perfect shaft alignment, with no eccentric rotation. Any eccentricity crushes the packing in one direction and opens a leak path 180 degrees away. As the operator tightens the packing gland repeatedly to compensate for leakage, product in the packing/shaft interface can burn. This results in excessive abrasive action which causes shaft fretting, and the process material can become contaminated with burned material and packing detritus. As the packing is tightened, torque loading is increased, and motor current increases.
Product Details
 | Since 1906, Woodex has produced a bearing material from rock maple, impregnated with petrolatum wax. This highly-durable material is used extensively in wet and dry screw and roll conveying machinery, frequently in agricultural service. |
 | The MECO AH-series seals represent the latest refinement of MECO’s classic elastomer-driven seal design. While using the same, patented principle of the MECO EAS, the AH series is designed to eliminate the process of setting seal face pressures. |
 | MECO EA-series seals are available for a variety of applications. |
 | MECO Ex-PAC seals combine the best features of MECO’s patented EAS and MECO-PAC seals into a superior product, which excels in some of the least hospitable process environments. |
 | If you suffer from painful shaft sealing problems like axial shaft motion, thermal growth, repetitive pressure-vacuum cycles, and harsh chemical environments, it’s time to call the MECO-DR. |
 | The MECOPAC is an elastomer-driven, MECO seal designed to replace packing in stuffing boxes. It is used primarily in airlocks and rotary valves, where no installation clearance exists for an externally-mounted seal. |
 | MECO 's OFS-series seals provide effective sealing of solids, liquids, vapors and gases in a variety of applications. |
 | MECO® shaft seals is pleased to announce the newest member of our family: the HB Seal for screw conveyors |
 | Woodex's MECO staff specializes in custom mechanical shaft seal problems in industrial process machinery. |
 | Woodex Bearing Company manufactures maple wood bearings. |
 | Woodex screw conveyor hanger bearings are available in Conveying Equipment Manufacturing Association standard sizes from 1" through 3 7/16". |
 | Woodex manufactures self-centering spherical roller bearings, both split and unsplit. If you'd like size and pricing information, please contact us. |
Product News
 | MECO, long known for its custom shaft seals, introduces a new generation of high-performing standard-sized seals for screw conveyors and similar equipment: the HB model. Read More
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 | In 2005, the European Union's ATEX Directive (EN 94/9/EC) went into effect, governing all industrial environments containing potentially explosive atmospheres. Read More
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