Measuring and testing – With fluid pressure – Leakage
Patent
1998-05-07
2000-07-04
Williams, Hezron
Measuring and testing
With fluid pressure
Leakage
73 52, G01M 332, G01M 320, G08B 2100
Patent
active
060821841
ABSTRACT:
For leak testing closed containers (9) which are filled with a filling product containing at least one liquid component the container is introduced in a test cavity (1) which is evacuated at least down to vapor pressure of that liquid component. The pressure in the surrounding of the container (9) and thus within test cavity (1) is monitored. Monitoring is performed by a vacuum pressure sensor (7), whereas lowering pressure surrounding the container (9) is performed by a vacuum pump (5). Leakage is detected by monitoring a pressure change in the surrounding of the container which is due to evaporation of liquid emerging from a leak and being evaporated in the low pressure surrounding, where such monitored pressure in the surroundings of same container is used in a comparison step that compares a signal derived from such pressure with a dynamic threshold value for identifying container leak conditions, enables another signal also derived from such pressure to be averaged with similar further signals of other containers previously tested as unleaky and also derives the dynamic threshold value from the result of such averaging.
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Lehmann Martin
Wiggins J. David
Williams Hezron
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