Catalogue 2010

2
Thetough final examination
of Schneider airsystems products.
Dear Customer,
Do you know what it feels like to hold abrand new, dynamic and powerful
product in your hands? Aproduct that thrills you on account of its enormous
power and robustness and is characterised by an above-average long service
life?
We can help you experience this feeling.
Products from Schneider airsystems stand for premium quality.
We are conscious of this and it is our intention that you can depend on this
premium quality. For this reason, each product –long before itreaches your
hands –ismercilessly put through numerous qualification stages, where itis
examined from "head to foot" and exposed under extreme conditions to the
toughest of tortures.
Here isasmall selection of the inspections that our products had to pass last
year to find aplace in this current catalogue:
Our new pipe socket successfully completed 1million load changes in the
fatigue test
Every one of our new staplers had to complete 200,000 shots
Our new tyre pressure gauge completed 26,000 inflation and deflation cycles
Our new valve connector was attached and removed 18,000 times
Our impact screwdrivers performed 9780 tyre changes
Our pipe socket had to survive 224 drops from adesk
60ºChot water and 40 bar wereapplied successfully to our pipe sockets
Our impact screwdrivers and tyre pressure gauges survived 60 drops from
heights of up to 1.40 mwithout any damage
6metres free fall was no problem for our pipe sockets
Our new pipe sockets had to withstand -20ºC and 40 bar pressure inthe deep
freezer
Our tyre pressure gauges were driven over countlessly –without consequence.
Following completion of all qualification stages, we are now proud to be able to
present alarge number of new products in this catalogue, all of which are
characterised by the typical Schneider airsystems premium quality.
Your Schneider airsystems team