bal Seal Streamlines Robotics Development with pre-Certified Sealing Solutions
[CITY, STATE] - [DATE] – Robotics engineers can now accelerate development timelines and reduce costs with pre-certified sealing solutions from Bal Seal Engineering. The company now offers spring-energized seals validated to meet IP67 and IP69 ingress protection standards – commonly required in robotics applications – eliminating the need for designers to conduct their own testing.
Bal Seal’s standard and custom seals are available pre-certified to either IP67 or IP69 specifications. IP67 certification signifies dust-tight protection and the ability to withstand submersion in water up to 1 meter for a limited duration.IP69-rated seals are engineered for robust environments, including high-pressure, high-temperature washdowns with exposure to fluids, dust, and debris.
These spring-energized seals combine low-friction materials, a canted coil spring energizer, and FDA-compliant jackets, precision-machined for consistent performance and accuracy across thousands of cycles while preventing leakage and fluid ingress.
“We developed this pre-certification process to help robotics engineers spend their time innovating, instead of validating,” explained Miquel Balta, Senior Project Engineer at Bal Seal.”By ensuring 100% compliance with desired IP ratings, we remove uncertainty and alleviate the testing burden on designers. In an industry where speed is critical, this can considerably reduce development time and improve robot performance.”
Balta noted common applications for the seals include robot arms and joints, end effectors, actuators, and motors.
The IP67 and IP69 ratings are defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) under IEC 60529, a widely adopted standard for grading enclosure resistance against dust and liquid intrusion.
Bal Seal Engineering’s seals and springs enhance the performance and reliability of robots in medical and industrial settings. Their custom-engineered solutions enable designers of surgical, articulated, SCARA, DELTA, gantry, and other robot types to achieve more precise movement, increased power density, and improved uptime.
