Kalsi Engineering’s blog
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Dr. Sai Prabhath Katchi, PhD Joins Kalsi Engineering
Sai Prabhath Katchi joined Kalsi Engineering on January 23, 2023. He is stationed in our Sugar Land, Texas office and will fill the role of Engineering Specialist. Prabhath received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2016 from Vellore Institute of Technology in Vellore, India. He began interning at Kalsi Engineering in 2018. During this time,…
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High-speed rotary seal testing in support of dredging and submersible pump applications
Kalsi Engineering recently completed an 1,800 RPM rotary seal test on a 2.75” shaft. This testing builds on previous successful testing performed at dredge and submersible pump operating conditions. The previous tests were reported on in December of 2021 and April of 2022. For the new test, we used a rotary seal material that…
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Kalsi Engineering proactively addresses supply chain issues
Is your organization facing supply chain issues? As the world continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, material and labor shortages continue to plague virtually every industry. While some companies have largely accepted the new reality and have passed ever increasing lead times on to their customers, Kalsi Engineering has instead invested heavily into the…
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Kalsi Engineering has a long-standing commitment to quality
Kalsi Engineering, Inc. has a long-standing commitment to quality which continues to shape and improve our organization. In 1978, Kalsi Engineering was founded to provide consulting engineering services in the areas of research and development, design, analysis, and testing of mechanical equipment and structures. Based on the past experience of the founder, Dr. M.S. Kalsi,…
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High-speed rotary seal testing of Kalsi Seals at 1,800 RPM
In December we reported on successful high-speed rotary seal testing (1,290 RPM) with two Kalsi Seal geometries at dredging and submersible pump conditions. We recently completed even higher speed rotary seal testing with these seals. As previously described, the high-speed rotary seals used in this testing have a significantly lower hydrodynamic pumping related seal…
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Rotary seal testing of Kalsi Tanged Seals at 500 psi differential pressure
Kalsi Tanged Seals were developed to prevent rotary seals from circumferentially slipping in the seal groove which can lead to premature seal failure. Rotary seals slip more often in applications where the environment fluid pressure is greater than the seal lubricant pressure, a condition we refer to as reverse pressure. In June 2019 we reported…
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Forrest Clay joins Kalsi Engineering in our Rotary Seal Testing Laboratory
Forrest Clay joined Kalsi Engineering’s Rotary Seals Testing Team at our Sugar Land, Texas, facility in October 2021. He is one of three laboratory technicians who set up, run, and disassemble rotary seal tests. Forrest also helps in the Kalsi Seal Production Department by inspecting rotary seals, thus ensuring the seals meet our rigorous quality…
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High Speed Testing of Kalsi Seals
We recently completed high-speed rotary seal testing at dredging and submersible pump conditions on two Kalsi Seal geometries. The two rotary seal geometries were selected because they can operate in an abrasive fluid environment, and they have a significantly lower hydrodynamic pumping related seal leak rate than other Kalsi Seals used in high-speed applications. This…
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Sealing Advancements for Rotating Control Devices (OTC-31159-MS)
Kalsi Engineering’s new technical paper, “Sealing Advancements for Rotating Control Devices” (OTC-31159-MS), was presented at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas last month. The authors, A. Richie and L. Dietle, and their team have been developing seal technology targeted at increasing the pressure and speed capacity of self-contained Rotating Control Devices. Through extensive analysis,…
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Kalsi Tanged Seals tested at 300°F
The Kalsi Tanged Seal is excellent at excluding pressurized abrasive fluid in equipment where the seal lubricant pressure is less than the abrasive fluid pressure. We refer to this pressure condition as “reverse pressure”. Many un-tanged seals slip circumferentially in the seal groove in reverse pressure operation. The seal tangs and mating pins in the…