Rotary Seal Blog

Blogging is a way for Kalsi Engineering to provide up to date information more quickly than we can through traditional information channels like our seal handbook and static web pages. Here you will learn how we are working to solve industry problems through posts about new rotary seal products and posts about testing directed at specific industry problems and applications. You will also learn about the people who make it all happen, as we highlight the achievements and milestones in their lives. Visit our blog for the latest information on Kalsi-brand rotary seals and other Kalsi Engineering products and services.

Kalsi Engineering COVID-19 safety measures

As a critical provider of products and engineering services to nuclear power plants and the oil and gas industry, Kalsi Engineering has taken various steps to promote safety and preserve […]

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A new video about high-pressure oil seal testing

Our new generation of high pressure rotary shaft seals is redefining the pressure capacity of high pressure rotating equipment. This video explains how we did it. Here is a new […]

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Recipient of the Warner Professional Practice Award

Kalsi Engineering employee Lannie Dietle is the 2020 recipient of Epsilon Pi Tau’s Region 1 Warner Professional Practice Award for exemplary achievement as a practitioner in a technology profession. A […]

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400 psi reverse pressure testing with runout

In a previous blog, we reported on successful 162°F (72.2°C) tests of the tanged 3.00” (76.2mm) PN 701-10-11 rotary shaft seals with 0.010” (0.25m) intentional runout. In one test, the […]

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A 100-rpm test of a 10.49-inch RCD seal at 1,500 psi

We are pleased to announce a successful 200-hour-plus test of a 10.49-inch (266.45mm) BDRP Seal™ at 100 rpm and 1,500 psi differential pressure. The used test seal is still in […]

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Two 1,500-psi tests of 10.49-inch BDRP Seals™ at 75 rpm

BDRP Seals (Figure 1) are Plastic Lined rotary seals that were developed to provide hydrodynamic interfacial lubrication in either direction of differential pressure and either direction of rotation. This design […]

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368-hour, 10,000 psi test of a washpipe assembly

On July 26, 2018 Kalsi Engineering announced a collaborative effort with Packard International, Inc. to provide high pressure washpipe assemblies to the oilfield drilling industry. On May 6, 2019 we announced the […]

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