Although Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has a page for the American Petroleum Institute (API), it does not have a page for the seal standard API 682. I’ve created a new page “API Standard 682” and written an encyclopedic type description. Because this is a new page, it must be approved and I was told that approval might take several months because of the large backlog of new pages (2415 pending submissions!) waiting for approval. In the meantime, the draft page can be accessed by searching for “Draft: API Standard 682” or by going directly to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:API_Standard_682. The draft article can even be edited if you wish to revise or add to it.
The draft article on API 682 does not contain nearly enough detail to replace the complete standard and is not intended to do so. Instead, the draft article builds up to the content of 4th Edition by providing the background and development of previous editions. The draft article includes the Table of Contents for 4th edition and a brief descriptions of piping plans.
Whereas the terms “tandem” and “double” were used in the more general “End Face Mechanical Seals” article, I used the terms “Arrangement 2” and “Arrangement 3” in the API 682 article.
At this point in time, the Wikipedia draft page on API Standard 682 is in sync with SealFAQs but you can be sure that will change in the future.