Courtesy of Ball & Seat
Specialties Company
Genuine CERBEC ® silicon nitride balls are used in ball and seat
assembly applications to improve Oil Pump
Performance. Ball and seat assemblies, as the
priming valves for subsurface oil pumps, are
vital to maximizing oil well production. More
and more oil companies are using CERBEC
silicon nitride balls, rather than metal balls, because
of CERBEC’s inherent
corrosion- and wear-resistant properties.
Ball & Seat Specialties Company, an API authorized manufacturer
in Odessa, Texas is the exclusive distributor
for CERBEC balls, manufactured by Saint-Gobain
Ceramics (East Granby, CT) to the oil pump
market. The company offers CERBEC as its premium
product for the most severe oil well environments.
According to Ron Lee, Vice President / Materials
Manager of Ball & Seat
Specialties, “CERBEC ceramic balls
are more expensive than metal balls, however
they last significantly longer than all metal
assemblies in highly corrosive situations.”
In addition to corrosion resistance, other properties of CERBEC
balls that are beneficial to oil well applications
include lower thermal expansion, higher hardness,
higher stiffness, lighter weight, and higher
electrical resistance. This combination of
characteristics increase performance of subsurface
pumps and decreases total operating costs
for maintaining oil wells.
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