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FOX-VPS - Safety Manifolds
As test specimens become more complex and sophisticated utilising the latest construction techniques and with operational requirements forever pushing design boundaries, inexorably they become more expensive. The Test Engineer’s worst nightmare is to damage the test article with an un-commanded event. FOX-VPS personnel have worked in close harmony with test engineers for many years to minimise this risk, identifying where cost effective, controllable and practical safety features are required.
FOX-VPS have developed a range of Hydraulic Safety Manifolds which provide high levels of test article security in a number of ways dependant upon the type of test performed. Manifolds can be directly mounted to their associated Test Actuator or ‘stacked’ together to form a single distribution point for a number of actuators.
Safety components generally common to most types of Manifold include:
- Load limiting pressure relief valves which may be independently adjusted in either direction between 2% and 100% of the actuator’s full load rating.
- A solenoid operated loading valve to ‘arm’ the Manifold for use.
The safety circuitry is designed in house and, should standard circuits not suffice they can be readily customised to suit the user’s particular needs.