Thomas Böhm is head of standardization–Division Mechanical Seals for EagleBurgmann and an API Task Force member. He can be reached at thomas.boehm@de.eagleburgmann.com, phone +49 8171 231048. Markus Fries is product manager at EagleBurgmann GmbH & Co. KG, Wolfratshausen. He can be reached at markus.fries@de.eagleburgmann.com, phone +49 8171 231161. EagleBurgmann provides industrial seal technology that is used in industries including oil & gas, refinery, power, chemical, energy, food, paper, water and mining. For more information, visit www.eagleburgmann.com.