Mobile device ‘app’ aids PV and seal-life calculations
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Volume
- 2010
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1350-4789
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✦ Synopsis
Mobile device 'app' aids PV and seal-life calculations
B al Seal Engineering Inc, the devel- oper of the LKS Seal, designed for use in high-pressure, high-velocity environments, has released an application, or 'app', for mobile devices. It has been developed to help engineers perform pressure/velocity (PV) calculations and estimate seal life.
The 'Pressure/Velocity and Seal Life Estimator' it available free of charge and is designed to run on the popular iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad platforms, and Web-enabled smart-phones. It enables users to enter pressure, shaft diameter and speed variables, and it generates a PV value that helps engineers make more informed, intelligent sealing choices.
It also includes a built-in conversion utility that can be applied to the units of pressure, speed, length, temperature, mass, torque, area, power, density, force and energy. A 'submit info' option in the app's simple navigation menu pre-loads all entered application and contact data and, at the user's discretion, sends it via email directly to Bal Seal Engineering for further technical assistance.
'Many of our customers are on the move, so giving them a means to communicate with us through a mobile platform, regardless of what type of device they use, made a lot of sense to us. When you are facing a critical environmental or productivity issue, you are not always near a computer. This app directly addresses that situation,' explained Bill Nissim, Marketing and New Business Development Director, Bal Seal Engineering.
To download the app for the iPhone, iTouch or iPad, visit the Apple App Store (or use iTunes) and search for 'Seal Life Estimator'. Smart-phone users can find and bookmark the mobile app at the address given below.