MSI News & Events


Foil Bearings:

The foil bearing technology will be integrated into MSI’s existing business of developing new turbomachinery for manufacturers. A type of air bearing, foil bearings are used primarily in aircraft auxiliary power units and other high-speed turbomachinery. In many new applications this technology is able to replace oil lubrication systems, while facilitating the additional key benefits of decreased energy usage, high temperature capability and reduced maintenance.

For further information, please contact Tom Walter at 973-326-9920, ext. 118.

Turbonetics (TEI) Turbine:

As part of this recent acquisition, MSI is establishing an office in Albany, NY and is expanding its corporate platform to include a new business unit that will support new equipment sales and installations of the Turbonetics Turbine / Generator sets, as well as replacement parts production and the servicing of current Turbonetics machines. Unique radial steam turbines which offer comparatively small size and high efficiency versus traditional steam turbine designs, Turbonetics machines already operate in a number of facilities today.

Each Turbonetics turbine / generator set will recover 1-3 Megawatts of electricity from otherwise wasted steam. Relatively inexpensive to install, these systems typically will result in a net positive economic return within one year after operation of the new set begins, and approximately $500,000 in annual savings thereafter through the typical continued operation of the Turbonetics set.

Widespread use of this machinery would have a substantial impact on energy consumption throughout the national electric power grid. Further, as Turbonetics machines already are operational, these significant benefits can be realized without the costly and time-consuming process of developing new technology.

For further information, please contact Charlie Prisco at 973-326-9920, ext. 119.

  • MSI is pleased to announce a new relationship with CFTurbo - a developer of advanced software that facilitates the interactive design of turbomachinery. MSI will be responsible for the sales, service, and training for the CFTurbo software products in the United States. Please contact Ed Bennett or Eric Olson for more details.

  • Dr. Edward M. Bennett, Director of Fluids Engineering at MSI, recently had his nomination as Associate Technical Editor for the Journal of Fluids Engineering approved by the Fluids Engineering Division Executive Committee and the Publications Board of ASME. The Journal of Fluids Engineering disseminates technical information in fluid mechanics of interest to researchers and designers in mechanical engineering.  The journal publishes papers in the areas of aerodynamics, boundary layers, bubbly flows, cavitation, compressible flows, convective heat transfer, duet and pipe flows, free shear layers, flows in biological systems, fluid-structure interaction, fluid transients and wave motion jets, multiphase flows, naval hydrodynamics, sprays, stability and transition, turbulance, and wakes.
    For more information, please see the Journal of Fluids Engineering