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RELIEF VALVE & CONTROL VALVE TESTING
You may not realise that there
is much more to achieving
safety than just sending your
safety and relief valves to any
repairer.
How Do You Know Your Repairer is Competent?
Austral-Powerflo’
flo’s s High Capacity
Test Rig is designed to simulate
conditions close to those occurring
in the process. Other methods of
setting and testing relief
valves, such as nitrogen
bottles or air compressor and
receiver, do not achieve the
same level of accuracy and
repeatability. These methods
do not simulate a pop action
AUSTRAL-POWERFLO’s High Capacity Test Rig is your best
with full lift and, in many
guarantee that relief valves will relieve at set point and reseat
cases, only achieve the point
correctly, without leakage.
of simmer, and may damage
your valve. Leaking valves mean energy losses and pollution, increasing your maintenance of
ancillary equipment, reducing up-time, which costs you money!
The following Table shows results of an evaluation of various commonly used test methods. What
method does your repairer use?
TEST METHOD
OBJECTIVE
Accurate set pressure
Accurate closing pressure
Accurate lift measurement
Detect defects & malfunction
Avoid seat damage
Simulate actual operation
APS’s High Nitrogen Hand Hesitation
Capacity Bottle Pump Gauge /
Test Rig
Bubble Jar
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
✗
Not Possible
✗
✓
✗
✗
✗
Not Possible
Not Possible
✓
✗
Using incorrect setting methods means your Safety
valves may not relieve at the correct pressure!
Safety Relief Valves
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