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 Spectroscopic Techniques Supported

• Quadrupole LC–MS

• TOF LC–MS

• MALDI-TOF MS

• ICP-MS

• Atomic spectroscopy

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

TELEPHONE

US: (800) 366-1006

(949) 460-2100

Europe: +31 20 638 6523

Asia: +(852)-28681860

FAX

US: (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