Industrial/Appliance - Applications

Air Conditioner Coils

Electrical Generators
Faucets

Film Canisters and Pouches

Garbage Disposals

Heat Exchangers

Hydraulic Blowers

Hydraulic Motors

Ink Jet Cartridges

Light Bulbs

Manifolds

Plastic Spray Nozzles

Printer Heads

Product Packaging

Pump Connector

Regulators

Refrigerator Assemblies

Refrigerator Compressors

Refrigerator Cooling Coils

Solenoid Valves

Tanks

Thermal Expansion Valves

Thermostat Controls

Toner Cartridges

Tubing

Water Coolers

Water Heater Controls

Water Meters

Welding Equipment

Case Studies:

Testing Refrigerator Cooling Coils
Flow Testing Vacuum Cleaner Accessories
Leak Testing Hydraulic Motors for Labor Savings

Testing Refrigerator Cooling Coils

A manufacturer of refrigerator appliances was testing the 12-foot-long refrigeration coils of their systems using labor intensive techniques. TME offered a customized MDT-50/100 Leak and Flow Tester that utilized the simpler parts of the customer procedure and provided quantified leak and flow value that consistently identified acceptable and unacceptable parts. Because of the size of the test item, a test operator was stationed at each end. The tester was connected to one end of the test item and a flow test was performed with the distant end open. An easily visible light indicated the test result: if an occlusion was present and the item failed the flow test, a "red" light indicated the failure and the test was terminated. A "yellow" light indicated a Flow Test Pass, and the secondary test operator plugged the open end to enable a Leak Test. A "red" light again indicated a failure, and a "green" light signified a good part. Working as a partner to the customer in the improvement of process efficiency, TME offered not only simple, reliable and fast instrumentation, but customized fixture handling, operator control and visibility interfaces.

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Flow Testing Vacuum Cleaner Accessories

Kirby Vacuum FixtureAn appliance manufacturer of vacuum cleaner products was introducing a new accessory to its line. The device provided a spray of liquid for cleaning and required precise flows of the cleaning agent for proper operation. TME designed a customized holding fixture for the complex geometry of the device and, using the TME Solution™ Leak and Flow Tester, provided a dry air mass flow test to quantify the flow rate equivalent of the flow of cleaning agent through the device. TME and the customer worked together to determine the range of operation and the required repeatability of the tested part using the quantitative results of the mass flow tester.

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Leak Testing Hydraulic Motors for Labor Savings

A leading manufacturer of industrial hydraulic motors was introducing new production assembly techniques in its manufacturing plant. Previous procedures identified leaks in completely assembled motors using hydraulic oil. Rework of failed units was time consuming and costly. Working with TME, the manufacturer determined that a dry air, pressure decay leak test with high sensitivity would find misassembled or defective parts in the sub-assembly process. Failed parts at the subassembly level could be more easily repaired at much lower labor cost. The TME Solution™ Leak Tester was programmed to quantitatively identify and test leak rates for these subassemblies with a known standard reference.

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