German pump manufacturer LEWA has expanded the test vary of its specially developed container take a look at bench to deal with sizzling or explosive fluids.
The check bench was initially launched in December 2018 however 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 when it comes to explosion hazard and worker protection, so the corporate has now expanded its test vary to cowl most of these media.
In addition to an experimental space of explosion safety Zone 1 the place the test experiments take place, the container additionally includes a safe control room without explosion hazard for housing the drive and management equipment. Supercritical fluids corresponding to gasoline, methanol, acetone or nitrocellulose thinner are used within the test chamber, whose inside may be viewed through gas-tight glass panes, at process temperatures of as much as 80°C and a maximum quantity of 200 l. A high-resolution information recording system ensures accurate monitoring and outcomes.
How-to has been carried out on the system to examine diaphragm clampings for micro-leakage using a low-viscosity fluid and the the Lewa Ecoflow LDG3 kind with an M9 pump head.
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