LeakTestingbyPressureDecay

Leaktestingisabranchofthenondestructiveinspectionmethodsaimedtoguaranteethetightnessofthecomponents
undertest.

Themostcommonleaktestmethodsareabletodeterminethevalueoftheleak(typicallymeasuredincc/minormbar/sec)
byusing:

Pressuredecay(withorwithoutreferencevolume)
Flowinspection(forbigvolumes)
Tracergasinspection(highperformances) PneumaticTestingforLeakage

Fewtechnologiesareabletoidentifythepositionandthevalueoftheleakbyusing:

Airbubble(underwaterinspection)
Tracergas(usingsniffingprobes)

Thepressuredecayisthemostcommonleakinspectiontechnologyusedtotesttheautomotivecomponentslikecylinderblocksandheads,gearboxesand
housingsaswellasassembledengines.

Thepartundertestistightenedandpressurisedorsubjectedtoavacumandifithasaleak,thepressureinsidethecomponentwillchange.Thepressurevariationper
timeunitbetweenthereferencevolumeandthevolumeundertestismeasuredbyadifferentialpressuretransducer.

Thefigureshowsthetypicalpressuredecaymeasuringcycle:

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