Foothill Ranch, Calif. – U.S.A. – September 17, 2019 – An updated technical catalog published by Bal Seal Engineering provides designers with detailed information about how spring-energized seals can be used to address rotary sealing challenges. The 32-page catalog, titled “Bal Seal® Spring-Energized Seal Solutions for Rotary Applications,” describes how the company’s broad range...
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. is a global provider of custom-engineered sealing, connecting, conducting, and EMI/RFI shielding solutions for medical devices. Our core technology, the Bal Spring®, is a versatile component that functions independently or in combination with precision polymer sealing and metal retaining elements to enhance the performance and reliability of surgical instruments, orthopedic...
Designing a Better Knee Replacement System: How Exactech “clicked” with the Bal Spring Canted Coil Spring By working with the Bal Seal Engineering team after several iterations of design, prototyping, test, and adjustment, Exactech achieved the design intent: to provide proper holding strength between the Topper and the Shim components, allowing surgeons to easily...
If you’re looking for ways to improve the performance and reliability of your downhole tool designs, you need to check out this short video. In just thirty seconds, you’ll learn how the Bal Seal® spring-energized seal helps deliver longer service life and reliable performance in LWD, MWD, mud pulsers, rotary steerables, and other critical...
When designing aviation, space, and defense equipment, finding the elusive balance between low friction and sealing effectiveness is critical to maintain high equipment performance. Check out this short presentation, where we leverage more than 60 years of application engineering experience to share common design mistakes and pitfalls to avoid as you prepare to seal...
Rotary seals are a critical link in the success of rotary steerables, tractor tools, MWD/LWD tools, and mud pulsers. This equipment allows engineers to monitor and direct the drill string, and if they fail it can mean lost profit and stalled well development.
The engineers of today are designing medical devices for the surgeons of tomorrow. So why use yesterday’s components? Our spring outperforms ball detents, clips, and other outdated fastening technologies, and its ability to conduct electricity and shield against EMI enables you to do more with less. Best of all, the Bal Spring is verified...
Gimbal seals protect sophisticated radar, targeting, and imaging equipment in harsh environments. Some of these environments occur in aircraft, shipboard, and land-based applications. In this document from Bal Seal Engineering, we examine which features and benefits are necessary in effective gimbal seals. Specifically, we’ll take a look at how the Bal Seal® spring-energized seal...
Our Rotary Seal Catalog provides information on custom-engineered high performance PTFE rotary lip seals.
