EagleBurgmann sets up new R&D facility in Pune

PUNE: EagleBurgmann has set up a new research and development facility in Pune at an estimated investment of Rs 9 cr. The high-tech R&D center will offer multiple testing possibilities to help strengthen the company's position as a market leader in the mechanical seal industry in India. EagleBurgmann is a joint venture between Germany's Freudenberg Group and Japan's EKK Group.

"With these state-of-the-art equipment components we bring our Research & Development activities to a new level", says Jimmy Panthaki, general manager, EagleBurgmann India. The company is one of the world's top suppliers of industrial sealing technology and serves the oil and gas, power and fertilizer industries in India industry.

Most seals to be tested there are designed for the chemical and petrochemical industry, especially for the oil & gas segment. With the largest of the seven new test rigs wet seals can be tested up to pressures of 150 bars and speeds up to 8,000 rounds per minute (rpm).

Another test rig will equip the center with a dry gas seal test facility which will allow for testing dry gas seals up to pressures of 350 bar and speeds of 24,000 rpm.

Four other pump test rigs are designed to work for testing of wet seals for pumps up to pressures of 150 bar and speeds of 5,000 rpm. These test rigs are designed not only for testing seals for special engineered applications but also with a view to using them for seal qualification testing as per the latest edition of the API 682 ( American Petroleum Institute) standard.

The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, gave approval for the new R&D center.