Performance requirements for in vitro diagnostics (IVD) equipment—including clinical, hematology, and urine analyzers—are outpacing capabilities. Increasingly, the IVD industry is seeking equipment that lasts at least three years or more compared with the existing standard one-year maintenance program. This demand for extended service life and less-frequent maintenance cycles is forcing design engineers to take a closer look...
The Bal Seal® spring-energized seal allows for precise control of frictional forces, resulting in less wear, less leakage, and more reliable operation of hematology, urinalysis, and other clinical analyzers.
Our Bal Seal® spring-energized seals provide superior sealing performance in a range of pressures, temperatures, and media, for clinical analyzers. Download our application bulletin to learn more.
If you’re looking to improve the performance of your high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) pump designs, our Bal Seal® spring-energized seal can help. Watch the video below to learn about the features and benefits of Bal Seal Engineering’s HPLC pump seals. The Bal Seal, which combines advanced polymer formulations with a wear-reducing energizer element, is...
Sarah Smith, Global Market Manager, Analytical Equipment, Bal Seal Engineering Inc, California, USA This article examines the changing landscape of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) testing and what it means for OEMs as they develop the next generation of SFC equipment. In particular, it focuses on ensuring optimal seal design within pumps that are used...
Laboratories are demanding a new era of mass spec equipment that provides higher throughputs, shorter testing times, and smaller footprints. Sarah Smith Mass spectrometry is the workhorse of analytical chemistry. It performs the analysis of the sample, making mass spec equipment an essential part of the analytical instrumentation market. A recent shift in...
The design of an implantable low-flow pump to treat ascites required an added level of protection against malfunction caused by the potential ingress of moisture, fibrins, large proteins, blood clots, and other organic materials. Steven Twork When engineers at a Swiss medical device company began designing an implantable low-flow pump to treat the...
Why seals alone will not take UHPLC to 20 kpsi and above. Steven Twork, Market Manager for Analytical and Laboratory Automation Products This article advises designers of pumps used in liquid chromatography instruments to look “beyond the seal” for ways to meet industry pressure demands of 20 000 psi and above. It also looks...
Smith Named to Manage Bal Seal’s Global Analytical Market Pressure and Technology Demands Drive Company’s “Deepening Commitment” Foothill Ranch, Calif. – U.S.A. – February 6, 2014 – Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., a leading designer and producer of custom sealing, connecting, conducting and EMI shielding components, has named Sarah Smith to the position of Global Market Manager for analytical...
Foothill Ranch, Calif. – U.S.A. – March, 21, 2013 – Last year, at analytical and life science trade events all over the world, Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. offered some seemingly strange advice. The company, a supplier of seals to these industries for decades, said that its products alone would not take liquid chromatography pumps to the next pressure...
