German pump producer LEWA has expanded the take a look at vary of its specifically developed container check bench to take care of scorching or explosive fluids.
The check bench was initially launched in December 2018 however Lewa has so far solely used water because the conveyed medium for testing and verifying pump features. Many of the fluids Lewa deals with are ranked as supercritical by means of explosion hazard and employee safety, so the corporate has now expanded its test vary to cowl these kind of media.
In ไดอะแฟรม to an experimental space of explosion protection Zone 1 where the test experiments take place, the container also includes a protected management room with out explosion hazard for housing the drive and control equipment. Supercritical fluids such as gasoline, methanol, acetone or nitrocellulose thinner are used within the check chamber, whose interior can be considered by way of gas-tight glass panes, at course of temperatures of as much as 80°C and a maximum quantity of 200 l. A high-resolution knowledge recording system ensures accurate monitoring and results.
The preliminary take a look at has been carried out on the system to check 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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