German pump manufacturer LEWA has expanded the take a look at vary of its specifically developed container take a look at bench to deal with scorching or explosive fluids.
The test bench was initially launched in December 2018 but Lewa has up to now only used water as the conveyed medium for testing and verifying pump functions. Many of the fluids Lewa deals with are ranked as supercritical in phrases of explosion hazard and worker protection, so the corporate has now expanded its check vary to cover most of these media.
In addition to an experimental area of explosion safety Zone 1 the place the take a look at experiments happen, the container additionally features a safe control room with out explosion hazard for housing the drive and management tools. Supercritical fluids such as gasoline, methanol, acetone or nitrocellulose thinner are used in the test chamber, whose interior can be considered by way of gas-tight glass panes, at course of temperatures of as a lot as 80°C and a maximum quantity of 200 l. A high-resolution data recording system ensures correct monitoring and results.
เกจวัดแรงดันน้ำ4หุน has been carried out on the system to check diaphragm clampings for micro-leakage utilizing a low-viscosity fluid and the the Lewa Ecoflow LDG3 kind with an M9 pump head.
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