Case Study
Explosion-Proof Equipment Testing with LabVIEW
Summary The client, a product safety test laboratory, needed to modernize their Hazloc lab. This laboratory is used for testing equipment that is used in potentially explosive environments such as re neries, chemical plants, power plants, etc. The lab, used for testing explosion-proof rated devices, required the capability of automatically mixing, distributing, and igniting various types of hazardous gases. The system also needed to collect peak explosion pressures and detect explosion failures. The requirements demanded robust, automatic, and inherently safe control algorithms. Customer Benefits Increases test throughput by 500% Increases test accuracy Modernized hardware reduced maintenance The modernized test system now completes more test combinations in one day than the old manual