Design engineers have long employed gimbals, pods, and pan-tilt systems as a means to protect payloads. But gimbal design requirements are being driven by advances in technology, requiring increased precision and pointing stability. The Gimbal Seal Dilemma Gimbals rely on good sealing design and engineering to ensure that they are able to...
To perform at peak accuracy, the sensitive electronics inside gimbals and pods must be protected from the temperatures, pressures, and media they can encounter in air and space, on land, and at sea. This infographic will show you how the right seal can help you optimize sealing effectiveness in your gimbal and pod design,...
Watch this short video and see how a Bal Seal® spring-energized seal, with its extremely low coefficient of friction and wear-regulating canted coil spring energizer, enables more accurate, stiction-free oscillating and rotary operation. With our seal, you’ll finally be able to reduce friction and meet strict torque requirements.
At Bal Seal Engineering, we help designers reach new heights and achieve out-of-this-world objectives in space exploration and orbital satellite installation. We’re proud of our contributions to the success of countless critical missions, and we can’t wait to see what’s next. These days, NASA isn’t the only organization with its eye to the skies....
Recently, a seasoned mechanical engineer at Motiv Space Systems told us, “When I work with you, I don’t have to think about seals.” That’s music to our ears, because it means we’re helping designers stay focused on bigger things – like landing a rover on Mars. But maybe you’re not quite ready to let...
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...
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...
Spring-energized seals are critical components in aviation, space, and defense design. It’s the sealing solution that balances friction and sealing effectiveness so your equipment meets performance standards and increases uptime.
Sealing, connecting, conducting, and EMI/RFI shielding solutions for Aerospace and Defense.
When manufacturers of critical aerospace and defense equipment need intelligent solutions to the toughest sealing, connecting, conducting and RFI/EMI shielding challenges, they turn to Bal Seal Engineering. For over 60 years, our precision-engineered Bal Seal spring-energized seals and Bal Spring® canted coil spring technologies have been improving the performance, safety and reliability of military...
