Kalsi Seals

Kalsi Seal Events

Kalsi Engineering technical personnel attend numerous trade shows around the world to maintain contact with their consulting engineering and rotary seal customers.

OTC 2020 has been canceled.

2020 Offshore Technology Conference
NRG Center at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

A revision of the Kalsi Seal Handbook
Exploring installation of -318 plastic lined seals in one-piece seal grooves
A high pressure oil seal test with an ISO 48 viscosity grade lubricant
Video of a 368-hour, 10,000 psi washpipe test
Testing Hybrid mud motor seals with increased compression
Kalsi Engineering COVID-19 safety measures
A new video about high-pressure oil seal testing
Testing super wide seals for drilling fluid-to-oil partitioning service
Recipient of the Warner Professional Practice Award
400 psi reverse pressure testing with runout
A 100-rpm test of a 10.49-inch RCD seal at 1,500 psi
Two 1,500-psi tests of 10.49-inch BDRP seals at 75 rpm
15 & 100 psi reverse pressure testing with drilling fluid and runout
368-hour, 10,000 psi test of a washpipe assembly
Differential pressure comparison of new generation mud motor seal
Announcing important advances in mud motor pressure retaining seals
A 2,300 psi rotary shaft seal test with 0.015” radial extrusion gap clearance
Testing a 10.500” RCD seal at 1,500 psi and 50 rpm
Rotary shaft seal testing with drilling fluid and 100 psi ‘reverse’ pressure
Video Showing A Floating Backup Ring In Operation
An extreme high-pressure oil seal test (320 hours, 9,500 to 9,800 psi)
A new way to address circumferential seal slippage
Announcing the release of KVAP Version 4.2
A 1,500 psi rotary seal test with a 0.020” radial extrusion gap clearance
Join us at the 2021 Offshore Technology Conference (Houston)
Rotary seal testing at 9,400 psi
A luncheon honoring retirees Bahir Eldiwany and Daniel Bubela
Announcing larger cross-section Wide Footprint Kalsi Seals
Announcing a new revision of the Kalsi Seal Handbook
Pushing the envelope of mud seal design
Sandhya Shankar joins Kalsi Engineering as an Engineering Specialist
Roxanne Corona joins Kalsi Engineering as an Inventory/Production Specialist
Installation testing of KLS-Brand RCD seals
Celebrating Ryan Sicking’s 20 years of service with Kalsi Engineering
Certification to the ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard
A 200-hour lip seal test at 1,500 psi and 136 sfpm
A 1,500 psi test of a high performance lip seal
A new role for Lannie Dietle
High pressure washpipe assemblies
Our new 4.5-inch rotary seal test fixture
Decommissioning our first high pressure rotary seal test fixture
Newspaper article about Dr. Kalsi, founder of Kalsi Engineering
Engineer Michael Cloninger joins Kalsi Engineering
Engineer Darshita Mistry joins Kalsi Engineering
Dr. Kalsi Receives Industry Group Recognition
Machine vision metrology for Kalsi-brand rotary seals
Daniel Alvarez participates in Costa Rica medical mission
RCD Seals in excellent condition after 200 hours at 100 rpm and 2,300 psi
We presented four new papers at the ASME/NRC Pump and Valve Symposium
Announcing a new revision of the Kalsi Seals Handbook
A 200-hour test of 10-1/2” RCD Seals at 100 rpm and 2,300 psi
A new rotary seal with bi-directional pressure and rotation capability
Isken Ward, Chief Administrative Officer of Kalsi Engineering
Testing high pressure RCD seals at 2,300 psi with large extrusion gaps
Celebrating Daniel Alvarez’s 37 years of achievement at Kalsi Engineering
Another improvement in high pressure rotary sealing
Testing RCD seals to collect leakage data
Kalsi Engineering employee discovers lost history of Fort Cumberland
Kalsi Engineering, Inc. Develops Validated Methodology to Predict Flow-Induced Forces in Balanced Globe Valves
Testing a large diameter floating backup ring in RCD operating conditions
Full scale rotary seal testing for oilfield rotary control devices (RCDs)
Dr. Kalsi gives the spring 2016 convocation address at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
An article about Kalsi Engineering in the May 8, 2016 issue of the Houston Chronicle
Advancements in Extreme Pressure Rotary Sealing (OTC-26899-MS)
Carla Louviere retires after 23 years of service with Kalsi Engineering
Rotary seal testing at 10,000 psi
KLS™ high pressure lip seals for rotary service
KVAP™ 4.0 Software Release
High pressure washpipe assembly with integral lubricant reservoir
New video documents assembly of a 7,500 psi washpipe assembly
The addition of Mrs. Indira Grimes to the engineering staff
Celebrating John Schroeder’s 20 years of service with Kalsi Engineering
Celebrating Dr. Bahir Eldiwany’s three decades of service
Increase staff knowledge and proficiency through Kalsi Seal training
Employee spotlight: 33 patents in 33 years
Our new 4.5-inch high pressure swivel seal test fixture
Updated information on Kalsi Seal breakout torque
Announcing a seal handbook revision
Mr. and Mrs. Kalsi connect through music
University of Houston alumni dinner held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Kalsi
New rotary seal simplifies equipment design
Updated information on high pressure hydraulic swivels and enhanced lubrication seals
Mr. and Mrs. Kalsi establish an endowed professorship at the University of Houston
A video tour of our seal testing lab
7,500 psi 1,000 hour rotary seal test
5,000 psi seal test directed at rotating cement head operating conditions
A new chapter on side port swivels has been added to our rotary seal handbook
40 day 5,000 psi rotary seal test with 0.010” runout
A new advancement in axially constrained seals
RCD seals that do not require lubricant overpressure
Plastic lined Kalsi Seals reduce breakout torque at 1,000 psi
Information for Choosing Rotary Shaft Seal Materials