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News Release from: Intertech Development Company | Subject: M-1000 Series Leak Detectors
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 March 2004
Computerised instruments test products
for leaks
Computerized, dry air leak testing instruments for production-line applications serve virtually any user need for 100% validation of products that must reliably contain a liquid, gas or vacuum.
A versatile family of computerized, dry air leak testing instruments for production-line applications, the M-1000 Series Leak Detectors from InterTech Development Company, offer a choice of Mass Flow, Pressure Decay/Increase or Differential Pressure sensing technologies With two basic instrument designs, a range of options, plus a CPU unit for networked, multi-station test setups, the M-1000 Series serves virtually any user need for 100% validation of products, components or packaging that must reliably contain a liquid, gas or vacuum
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Jun 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Using a vacuum-fluorescent display and lighted indicators, the M-1000 Series instruments report test parameters, dynamic test results, statistics and final accept/reject status; no operator judgement is required.
Test data can be stored and recalled for display, printout or downloading to standard spread sheets.
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In addition, these instruments can perform statistical calculations on stored data to show Mean, Standard Deviation and Mean " Standard Deviation for Statistical Process Control (SPC) and other quality-man agement programs.
They also can store and recall up to 99 test programs for quick changeover among different production parts.
The M-1000 Series features two Leak Detector models - the M-1075 and M-1035 - plus a dual-channel version of the M-1075 that tests two products simultaneously, doubling productivity while avoiding the need for a second instrument.
All are calibrated to NIST traceable standards, and instrument R and R (Repeatability and Reproducibility) of less than 5% is documented.
For networked, multi-station testing, IDC's M-1065 Industrial CPU links up to eight individual IDC Leak Detectors to provide central storage and graphic CRT display of test data.
The M-1075 Leak Detector - a compact unit with high-speed or low-flow (small leak) options -- is more easily incorporated into proprietary automated assembly/test systems and offers PC/PLC compatibility for interfacing with machine controls, data highways or host computers.
The M-1035, a larger unit, adds other important options such as a programmable regulator for test sequences requiring different pressures, fast-fill capability to shorten cycle time for larger test-part volumes, and heavy-duty industrial connectors for higher reliability in hostile plant environments.
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