German pump manufacturer LEWA has expanded the take a look at range of its specifically developed container check bench to take care of sizzling or explosive fluids.
The take a look at bench was initially launched in December 2018 however Lewa has thus far solely used water as the conveyed medium for testing and verifying pump capabilities. Many of the fluids Lewa deals with are ranked as supercritical by means of explosion hazard and employee safety, so the company has now expanded its check vary to cowl these sort of media.
In addition to an experimental space of explosion safety Zone 1 the place the check experiments happen, the container also includes a protected management room with out explosion hazard for housing the drive and control equipment. Supercritical fluids corresponding to gasoline, methanol, acetone or nitrocellulose thinner are used within the take a look at chamber, whose inside could be viewed through gas-tight glass panes, at course of temperatures of as a lot as 80°C and a most amount of 200 l. A high-resolution information recording system ensures accurate monitoring and results.
Efficient 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 type with an M9 pump head.
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