Can Mass Flow Leak Testing Work for Your Application?
There is actually a wide range in the capability of mass flow leak detectors one finds in the marketplace. The sensors used in mass flow leak testers vary in quality. Some manufacturers merely take standardized sensors and fit them into one or more instrument models. However, if the mass flow sensors are customized components in instruments, and selected for functioning in the ranges that are most important to the specific leak testing application, as they always are in InterTech solutions, they can improve speed and accuracy.
A second consideration is how the instruments are calibrated and how their standardization is validated. If an instrument relies on mechanical devices for calibration they are subject to much greater variation in testing results when compared to calibration and validation using solid state technology. Solid state technology also minimizes equipment breakdown or need for repairs.
Thirdly, mass flow sensors also vary in terms of how they compensate for temperature variations. This is particularly important when testing newly cast prototypes that may still be warm from a casting process. In these instances, either time must be added to allow the parts to cool to room temperature, or the mass flow has to be calculated taking the temperature variation into consideration. Some mass flow instruments automate temperature compensation and some do not.
In this application, aluminum manifolds are leak tested at a rate of 100 pph.
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