This article is from the trenches. You can tell that the plant that this guy worked at has some of the worst pump packing procedures and falls for all the bad maintenance practices.
The article does point out one of the major issues of sleeve damage by over compression of packing. Also he touches on the moving of the lantern ring causing more problems.
The article does point out one of the major issues of sleeve damage by over compression of packing. Also he touches on the moving of the lantern ring causing more problems.