New design qualification : dynamic tests under high pressure

Needs

Maximizing Profitability + Developing high efficiency & reliability machines

Solution

Innovation for cost, time & quality improvement

Customer needs

Qualify the precise performance of a new valve (three-way valve, inlet diameter of 400 mm, outlet diameter of 500 mm, weighting 2 tons), designed or a new type of reactor.
Test a new high pressure valve operating at 50 bar in order to determine cavitation coefficients.

Customer benefits

Thanks to these tests, the company was able to optimize a reliable design before the end of the yea.

Cetim answer

Specific test bench & soundproofed chamber development
Test during 500 hours.

Delivered results

Precise results : flowrate coefficients, cavitation coefficients of six different configurations.
Design recommendations.