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Adopting New Technologies to Support Our Failure Analysis Services
PowerLabs has been using the Creaform HandySCAN Black Elite 3D Scanner over the past year in a variety of applications to support our lab’s dimensional verifications. This scanner is a non-contact dimensional device that uses lasers.
Read moreWhy Calibrations are Crucial to the Optimal Function of Flow Instruments
It is especially true to continue to calibrate and maintain flow calibrations for industries such as beverage manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, oil refinery, municipal waste processing, recycling, civics support and water treatment industries – among others.
Read moreThe Importance of Temperature Calibrations to Quality Assurance in Manufacturing
Accuracy in temperature calibrations for every type of thermometer, sensor, detector, and controller used in manufacturing is crucial across the industrial world. By working with Constellation PowerLabs, company managers can assure product consistency and facility-wide safety assurance due to the accuracy of their thoroughly tested, adjusted, and verified temperature measuring equipment.
Read moreWhy Failure Analysis Is Important to Safety and Consistency
Failure analysis services are crucial to pinpointing problem areas in system workflow. By investigating, discovering and analyzing the root cause of failure, corrective steps can be taken to enhance reliability, heighten safety and ensure an uninterrupted workflow.
Read moreHow Failure Analysis Uses Data to Enhance PQI Test Plans for Electrical Relays
Recently, information in the PQI database concerning a frequently used electrical component was updated after Failure Analysis Services conducted a thorough inspection of a popular anti-pump relay. Through these findings, a more thorough PQI test plan for this specific piece of equipment was updated.
Read moreConstellation PowerLabs Calibration Services Expands into New High Voltage Testing Facility
A new high voltage testing laboratory in the Pittsburgh area opened, affording customers the opportunity to send in high voltage equipment for calibration.
Read moreWhy Calibration Services are Essential for Torque Wrench Precision
All torque-type equipment requires calibration due to the demanding nature of how they are utilized. Each type of torque wrench, whether it is click, dial, hydraulic or powered, has unique load application features that must be routinely addressed.
Read moreWhy Failure Analysis Services and PQI are Crucial to Streamlined Workflow
Learn why failure analysis and PQI can help streamline your workflow. While failure analysis determines the failure, PQI predicts failures through trending data.
Read moreLearning Values & Adjusting Accuracy For Mass & Weight Calibrations
When determining the physical properties of a product, it is important to differentiate between an object’s “mass” and “weight” and to acknowledge that -- while interconnected -- they represent two different values according to physics.
Read moreHow Failure Analysis Prevents Small Problems from Becoming Major Issues
Recently, a client presented Constellation PowerLabs with a failed DC power supply module. The component was the same model that was being used in the client’s generating configuration to supply rack power to the company’s VME (virtual machine environment) facility turbine controllers. Learn how we determined the failure and how to prevent.
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