Bal Seal Engineering Inc

Company Description

Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. makes custom components that drive tomorrow's technologies. The company is a leading global provider of custom-engineered sealing, connecting, conducting and EMI/RFI shielding and grounding solutions for analytical equipment, and it applies 50+ years of problem-solving experience to help OEMs and tier suppliers address their toughest engineering challenges. Products employ unique Bal Spring^(r) canted coil spring technology to promote enhanced equipment performance and reliability.

Chief Chromatographic Techniques Supported

HPLC

UHPLC

SFC

IC

GPC

Prep LC

LPLC

Markets Served

Bal Seal Engineering products improve the performance of liquid handling, chromatography, and diagnostic equipment. The company's Bal Seal^(r) spring-energized seals ensure performance accuracy and product consistency in multi-channel pipettors, and also enable designers of HPLC, UHPLC, SFC, and diagnostic pumps to answer end user demand for better throughput, sample resolution, and reduced equipment downtime. The company's Bal Spring^(r) canted coil springs ground and efficiently transfer electrical current in mass spectrometers and other spectroscopy instruments.

Major Products/Services

Bal Seal Engineering designs seals that deliver reliable, long-term performance in liquid chromatography pumps, and springs with mechanical fastening and electrical conducting properties. The company's reciprocating flange seal combines the Bal Spring^(r) energizer with advanced polymer formulations to promote more uniform wear and longer service life. In UHPLC pressures of 15,000 psi and above at temperatures up to 80 °C, it seals consistently for millions of cycles. The canted coil Bal Spring^(r) enables mass spec designers to achieve constant ion alignment, no contamination, more accurate m/z measurement and minimal downtime.

Facility

Bal Seal Engineering designs and manufactures its products in two U.S. locations-Foothill Ranch, CA, and Colorado Springs, CO. The company has built a network of engineering and sales offices worldwide, with locations in The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.

19650 Pauling

Foothill Ranch, CA 92610

TELEPHONE

(Toll-free) (800) 366-1006

U.S.: (949) 460-2100

Europe: +31 20 638 6523

Asia: +(852)-28681860

FAX

U.S.: (949) 460-2300

Europe: +31 20 625 6018

Asia: +(852) 22956753

E-MAIL

sales@balseal.com

WEB SITE

www.balseal.com

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

600 (worldwide)

YEAR FOUNDED

1958