CHESTERTON 3000 Soot Blower Packing Instruction Manual

June 4, 2024
CHESTERTON

MECHANICAL PACKING INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
3000 Soot Blower Packing

Installation Instructions

System should be shut down, depressurized, drained, and cool before repacking. Observe all safety requirements.

  1. Unbolt the packing gland, pull back the packing gland, and tie it back if necessary to provide a sufficient working area.

  2. Remove old packing with a flexible packing extractor and proceed carefully so as not to damage the tube.
    The stuffing box must be free of any previous packing.

  3. Clean all components including stuffing box and gland. Use an approved cleaner if necessary.

  4. Inspect tube and stuffing box for excessive pits, nicks, burrs, cuts, and scratches, which may act as a path of leakage. Repair or replace parts as necessary.

  5. Install bottom ring around tube by twisting slightly. Never open rings with a hinge-like action (See Figure 1).
    Use a tamping tool to seat the ring to the bottom of the stuffing box.
    FIG. 1

  6. Repeat step 5 until all sealing rings are installed including the top ring (See Figure 2). Be sure to install rings in the correct sequence. Seat each ring individually with a tamping tool. Stagger joints 90° apart.
    CAUTION: Care should be taken to avoid damaging ring lips

  7. Reinstall the packing gland until finger tight. Take up gland nuts one full turn to properly spread lips and establish a seal. Adjust packing gland nuts as necessary. After several operations, readjustment of gland nuts may be required.
    FIG. 2

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