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5600 Series The Seal Family
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5600 Series
Many Applications...One Seal Family
The First Truly Universal Cartridge Has Built-In Modularity,
which allows customization for specific applications. Designed for the Chemical, Petrochemical,
Pharmaceutical, Pulp & Paper, Power Generation, Food & Beverage, Ethanol, and Wastewater industries,
the Universal Cartridge can accommodate a full range of fluids, including:
• water • hydrocarbons • caustics • acids
O-ring
Seal Head
Elastomer Bellows
Seal Head
Operating Parameters*
Metal Bellows
Seal Head
Type 5610/5610Q Single and Type 5620/5620P Dual O-ring Seals
Type 5615/5615Q Single and Type 5625/5625P Dual Metal Bellows Seals
Temperatures: -29°C to 205°C / -20°F to 400°F
Pressures: Up to 21 bar g / 300 psig
Speeds: Up to 25 m/s / 5000 fpm
Type 5611/5611Q Single Elastomer Bellows Seal
Temperatures: -29°C to 205°C / -20°F to 400°F
Pressures: Up to 27 bar g / 400 psig
Speeds: Up to 25 m/s / 5000 fpm
Changing the seal head transforms an o-ring seal
into a metal bellows seal, or into an elastomer
bellows seal with a sleeve change.
* Contact John Crane Engineering for applications over ratings.

Modular Concept
The three basic seal configurations can be offered in a
variety of arrangements to suit specific applications.
• All configurations share a common gland plate,
mating ring, collar, and spacers.
• All single seals can be supplied with a quench gland.
• Pumping rings are available to assist barrier fluid
circulation on dual applications.
The o-ring and metal bellows
designs are available in
dual arrangements.
Engineered To Be The Performance Leader
Seal Configuration Single Arrangement Dual Arrangement
(Double or Tandem)
O-ring
Rotating Seat
Rotating Head
Elastomer Bellows
Rotating Head
Metal Bellows
Rotating Seat
Rotating Head
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The modularity of these seals does not limit their capabilities. In fact, the seal family introduced a number of
high-end design features that make the Universal Cartridge the most powerful seal of its kind.
Using John Crane’s proprietary computer analysis programs, CSTEDY SM and CTRANS SM , coupled with extensive
product testing, we subjected and verified Universal Cartridge designs and materials to an array of varying
pressures, temperatures, and fluids.
5610 O-ring Seal
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The seal heads and mating rings are also
completely reversible. With this capability, the seal
can operate with either the seal head rotating to
take advantage of self-cleaning rotational action,
or the mating ring rotating, to achieve maximum
seal face tracking and cooling.
5611 Elastomer Bellows Seal

Enhanced Performance Benefits
The One Seal Family For Global Applications
Bellows Design
• Superior bellows design provides low face load resulting in lower heat generation, low face
wear, lower power consumption, and longer seal life.
• Advanced metal bellows front adapter and insert designs provide superior face flatness
control through full temperature/pressure transients.
• Computer optimized seal face width and balance provide maximum tracking stability with
minimum heat generation.
• Mating ring design accommodates severe o-ring expansion experienced in high
temperature or corrosive environments.
• John Crane’s unique outboard seal flat drive sleeve adaptor provides superior torque
transmission and drive reliability while eliminating sleeve distortion, stripped set screws,
and axial misalignment during assembly.
• Inherent reverse pressure balance capabilities assure process containment in the event of
a pressure reversal.
• The Universal Cartridge externally pressurized outboard seal arrangement improves
cooling efficiency, allows venting of entrapped air, and avoids high tensile stress levels
associated with internal pressurization.
The capability of the Universal Cartridge to fit both ANSI and DIN pumps is a result
of John Crane’s extensive analysis of common pump models and feasibility studies.
With a slightly different rotation of the gland plate, the Universal Cartridge is like no
other in that direct ANSI/DIN interchangeability is achievable. The Universal Cartridge
is the first seal family with global application.
5615 Metal Bellows Seal

5600 Series
The Seal That Changes to Fit Your Needs
Modular Family Concept
The modular family concept of John Crane’s Universal Cartridge
will change your approach to sealing. Since the 5600 Series’
components are interchangeable, you can apply one seal family
throughout your plant. This gives you the flexibility to cover more
applications with less inventory, which means your maintenance
is simplified, downtime is reduced, plant operating efficiency is
increased, and costs are lowered.
Application-Tailored Arrangements
The Universal Cartridge’s unique design delivers the superior operational capabilities of
a John Crane seal, tailored precisely to fit your application. Whether your
conditions require an o-ring, metal bellows or elastomer bellows seal, the
Universal Cartridge is built from the ground up to meet your specifications.
The seal is available in single or dual arrangements, with the option of
rotating or stationary seal heads.
Engineering Leadership
With John Crane’s engineering leadership, the Universal Cartridge achieves another
notable benefit. It represents the first global cartridge seal designed specifically to fit both
ANSI B73.1M and DIN 24960 pumps, and is qualified to API-682 Category I.
Standardizing with the Universal Cartridge family for the
multiple applications in your plant will:
• Simplify installation and maintenance
• Standardize piping
• Increase seal reliability
• Reduce the possibility of misapplication
• Cut inventory requirements
• Streamline plant operations
• Simplify upgrades
This means ultimate efficiency with minimal
costs—the most productive way to do business.
The seal that changes
to fit your environment
will change the way you
do business.

Available Locally
The Universal Cartridge is available through your local John Crane sales/service engineer to meet
your specific requirements. Interchangeability of parts allows us to keep a full inventory throughout
our extensive worldwide network. Contact your nearest John Crane stocking center for timely
delivery of the Universal Cartridge—the world’s first truly universal seal that changes to fit
your environment.
Expanding the Scope
John Crane continues to expand the technology envelope of the Universal Cartridge seal family.
New extensions within the 5600 family include dry running capability, liquid quench arrangements,
and API-682 qualified Category I seal designs.
Dry Running
5610D single o-ring wet/dry running seal design is ideal for intermittent dry running of pumps that
may be encountered on batch operations or tank loading or unloading applications. The type 5610D
can be used on dry running top entry vessels operating at slow speed and low pressure.
5620D is a dual o-ring seal arrangement incorporating a dry running secondary containment seal.
The 5620D eliminates the need for liquid lubrication and associated support system, contains primary
seal emissions and nominal leakage, as well as provides an additional level of safety against process
or system upsets.
Liquid Quench
5610LQ / 5611LQ / 5615LQ—These new single seal versions incorporate an external lip seal as the
liquid quench containment device. This design allows complete isolation of the seal faces from
atmosphere. These seal versions are ideal for crystallizing services such as caustics.
API-682 Category I Qualified
5610Q-1/5620P-1/5620D-1/5615Q-1 / 5625P-1—Qualification tested API-682 compliant Category I
designs for ANSI and ISO enlarged bore seal chambers.
Europe
Slough, UK
Tel: 44-1753-224000
Fax: 44-1753-224224
Latin America
São Paulo, Brazil
Tel: 55-11-3371-2500
Fax: 55-11-3371-2599
Middle East, Africa, Asia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 971-4-3438940
Fax: 971-4-3438970
North America
Morton Grove, Illinois USA
1-800-SEALING
Tel: 1-847-967-2400
Fax: 1-847-967-3915
For your nearest John Crane facility, please contact one of the locations above.
If the products featured will be used in a potentially dangerous and/or hazardous process, your John Crane representative should be consulted prior to their selection and use.
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