Our client is an international manufacturer of consumer goods, best known for its lighters. To strengthen its production quality controls, the company wanted a test bench capable of performing pressure tests on lighter bodies until they burst, under repeatable and safe conditions.
Conduct pressure resistance tests on lighter bodies until they burst, in order to verify their mechanical integrity under repeatable, controlled, and safe test conditions. The test bench allows products to be subjected to a controlled pressure build-up, with precise monitoring of measurements throughout the test cycle.
The customer needed to test lighter bodies under pressure while ensuring that the parts were securely held in place during the test, operator safety, and the reliability of the results obtained. Since the tests involved pressurizing the product to the point of rupture, the test stand also had to minimize splatter, automatically manage transitions between tests, and detect any leaks before reaching the target pressure.
LF Technologies has developed a modular burst test bench for lighter bodies, consisting of a test area, clamping subassemblies, a static pressure generator, and control software.
The operator places the test specimens in the test area, enters the occupied positions, and sets the desired pressure. The test bench then automatically handles the clamping of the test specimens, the pressure ramp-up, the sequence of tests, and the saving of measurements.
Its modular design allows it to accommodate up to 16 test subsystems, with the option to adjust the number of stations according to the customer’s needs.
Test bench designed to ensure user safety when using the final product
Dedicated fixture for products to be tested. Modular and adjustable depending on the product being tested
Burst and pressure testing - Crash-Multi | LF Technologies
Burst Testing and Pressure Generation | LF Technologies
Secure enclosure for pressure and burst testing
Secure enclosure for pressure and burst testing
This automated burst-test bench can test up to 16 products at a maximum pressure of 110 bar. It ensures a controlled pressure build-up, with a control accuracy of up to 0.5 bar, in order to verify the strength and compliance of the components.
Thanks to its control software, the equipment automates test cycles, ensures operational safety, and guarantees the traceability of results. It is a solution suitable for both production inspections and R&D testing.
The Crash-Multi is a pressure and burst test bench designed to test the strength and leak tightness of pressurized components, such as lighters, cartridges, tanks, or other parts subjected to internal pressure.
Fully software-controlled, it allows users to configure test parameters, ensure automatic clamping of products, control the pressure build-up up to 110 bar, and monitor measurements in real time.
Thanks to its modular design, the test bench can accommodate up to 16 products. The test cycles are automated to ensure test repeatability, operator safety, and traceability of results.
With its measurement accuracy of 0.5 bar, its secure chamber, and its monitoring software, the Crash-Multi meets the needs of manufacturers seeking to ensure the reliability of their strength tests, detect leaks, and verify the compliance of their components in production or R&D.
Aurélien Cottin
Hydraulics Division
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