LeakTEC is an in-line material inspection device used to detect pinholes, leaks or cracks on a multitude of plastic products, primarily manufactured in the Food, Pharmaceutical and the Medical Device Industry.

Typical accomplished field applications are surface testing of moulding and welding joints in medical devices, like medical tubes, containers, pipettes, cannulaes, and extruded film for medical bags, etc.
This fully automatic test is capable of detecting pinholes even smaller than 4 microns by introducing an electrical potential between a detecting electrode and an electrical ground, (i.e. metal jig or mandrel holding the part) while the plastic part itself acts as the insulator.

In the event of detecting a crack or pinhole in the plastic material, an electrical contact is established between electrode and ground. This pass/fail contact is processed via the integral generator module interfaced with the main machine control. The machine control can either enable a downstream ‘part-reject’ function or track trends in the manufacturing process, which can be fed back for early process adjustments or maintenance.

LeakTEC Product Sheet:

LeakTEC - Electronic leak detection

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