GREENWOOD, Ind. (Feb. 2, 2017)—Endress+Hauser invested nearly $1 million in a state-of-the-art pressure test rig at its U.S. headquarters in Greenwood, Indiana, according to a statement from the company. The rig allows the company to test complete instrument assemblies to customer specifications, and it provides a 100 percent test indicating a specific instrument can withstand the design process pressure, up to 15,000 pounds per square inch (psi), according to the statement. Previously, Endress+Hauser did not have local high pressure testing capability. For example, Endress+Hauser performed such tests at its production plant in Maulburg, Germany. With the new high-pressure test rig located in the Greenwood production center, instruments can be tested and certified quickly, for faster delivery to customers in the US and the Americas, the company said. Because the test facility is in the U.S., it makes it easier for customers to schedule and witness the test, the company added. The test rig, located in an underground concrete pit for safety, generates pressure up to 15,000 psi (1,000 bar) to test devices up to 16 feet (4 meters) long and with up to a 2-inch diameter, according to the statement. Each test is automated to execute customer-specific test and ramp-up times. The test rig is specially designed to, but not limited to, test Endress+Hauser’s Levelflex GWR and Micropilot free space radar level instruments, capacitance probes, Liquiphant tuning forks and high-pressure thermowell assemblies.
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