Definitions Flashcards

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Mission

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Leverage global talent and resources to provide cutting edge, accurate, timely, and cost-effective testing services to our businesses worldwide

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Overview

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designed to simulate the usage of air cleaners on both automotive and industrial applications

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ABP

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interface for technicians to perform testing on a given test station.

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Active Scavenge

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use of a scavenge airflow to assist in removing larger particles before they reach the primary element. Generally, entails the use of a scavenge can attached to a pump on one side and a vaccuator valve or precleaner on the other side

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Air Floated Feeder

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Dust feeder that fills tubes with a contaminate and pressurized air is introduced to the tube to disperse the test contaminate.

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Air Hose

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rubber or synthetic pressure hose used to supply air to a pneumatic device. commonly used to supply air to dust feeders and vibrator

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Air Line

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a plastic tube used to supply air to the deflocculator or vibrator

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Boot

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a section of rubber tubing used to connect sections of ductwork (transitions) to each other and to the unit under test. usually employed together with hose clamps

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capacity

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quantity of contaminant captured by the unit under test in producing specified terminal conditions

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Cavitation

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rapid formation and collapse of vapour pockets in a flowing liquid in regions of very low pressure, a frequent cause of structural damage to propellers, pumps. Also refers to such a pocket formed in flowing liquid

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Concentration/Visibility

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amount of dust fed to the air flow

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Deflocculator

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device that utilizes compressed air to inject test dust into the test system

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Differential Pressure

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measurement of the difference in static pressure between two areas of equal size

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Dust Feeder

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a computer-controlled system that runs an auger to feed test dust at a specified rate. Utilizes a calibrated scale to constantly measure the amount of dust being fed and adjust the feedrate accordingly.

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Dust Feeder Auger

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transport test dust from the feeder itself to the funnel. Uses a rotating helical screw blade called a “flighting” to act as a screw conveyor to remove the test dust from the feeder.

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Dust Feeder Characterization

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a programmable computer file that is used to control the rotational speed of the dust feeder auger and paddle. Ideally, provides a means to automatically reach a feedrate set-point with the least amount of error

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Dust Jar/ Passive Scavenge

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a container attached to a vaccuation valve or precleaner that is used to collect separated dust.

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Dust Lot

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a method of identification for test dust used in the Engine Air Lab

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Efficiency

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ability of the air cleaner or the unit under test to capture contaminant under specified test conditions

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Element

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removable filter portion of the unit under test

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Engineering Test

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this can be whatever the customer or requestor wants to know or do

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Face Velocity

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linear velocity of air striking the face of an element or unit under test

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Filter Element

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replaceable part of the air filter, consisting of the filter material and carrying frame.

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Fixed Restriction Device (FRD)

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a specifically-calibrated piezometer with an orifice plate that is used to calibrate test stations and track any changes in station characteristics through differential pressure (dP) measurements.

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Flow Range

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the range of volumetric flow rates that the unit under test is to be tested under.

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Flow Stability

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a measure of the variation in flow rate around the set point. A test will be prevented from running if the flow stability is not within a certain range as specified by ISO 5011

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Gen3 Dust Feeder

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software responsible for controlling the dust feeder. Receives commands from settings entered into the ABP test program.

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Grounding Wire

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metal wire used to eliminate or reduce static electrical charge on the unit under test and dust feeder assembly

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Hoffman Pumps

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There are two 250 horse power pumps for high flow capabilities ranging from 4000-22000 cfm

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Hose clamps

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devices used to secure one testing component to another. Usually used to attach piezometers to air cleaner housings and other ductwork.

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Hysteresis

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phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it, as for instance when measuring a pressure reading while your airflow is increasing to a set value vs. when the airflow is decreasing to a set value. While the set value will be the same, the pressure reading will differ slightly.

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Ideal Inlet

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a shaped inlet device that smoothes the flow

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Industrial Application

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a term used to reference an air cleaner generally used for internal combustion engines in heavy-duty trucks, construction equipment and agricultural tractors

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Initial Efficiency

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the amount of dust a new filter lets past in the early stages of dust loading classified under the Automotive or Industrial specification

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Automotive Initial Efficiency

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20 grams of contaminant or the number of grams numerically equivalent to 6 times the air flow in CMM, whichever is greater. Accomplished by time base rather than mass.

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Industrial Initial Efficiency

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a quantity equal to 11 g/m^2 of the primary element media area to be fed at a constant rate over a 30-minute period

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ISO 5011

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Industry guidelines and normative specifications for automotive and industrial applications. A guide to follow for uniformity between tests conducted in different labs.

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Leak Cart

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Vacuum cart used to measure leak rates

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LIMS

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Online software used to manage, track, and assign test requests to individual test stations.

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Manometer

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Hand held pressure measuring instrument

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Media

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type of material used to compose the body of the filter element, this is what captures the contaminant

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Operator Alarm

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a notification displayed by the ABP program to alert the operator about an issue requiring attention

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Particle Size Distribution

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a list of values or a mathematical function that defines the relative amount, typically by mass, of particles present according to size

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PD Blower

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Positive Displacement gear pump for high static capabilities

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Piezometer

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a standard-diameter circular pipe used to determine pressure values through the use of a series of ports arranged circumferentially and spaced evenly around a vertical cross-section of the pipe.

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Pressure Loss

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differential pressure measurement with unequal inlet and outlet diameters is a static pressure measurement between two points and is used to isolate the specific effect of a component in the system.

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Pressure Range

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range of pressure values that a pressure point reading covers during a test

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Pressure Regulator

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device used to control the amount of pressure supplied to another device, such as a vibrator or deflocculator

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Rated Air Flow

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flow rate specified by the user or manufacturer

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Relative Humidity

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mass of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the mass that would be present in an equal volume of saturated air at the same temperature. Used to quantify and maintain lab. conditions

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Restriction

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Measurement of static pressure at a single point

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Rise Over Initial (ROI)

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Terminal pressure measurement condition defined by the pressure increase above the initial restriction

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RS-232 connector

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type of connector currently sued for communication between the dust feeders and flow bench computers. Specifically, it is the traditional name for a series of standards for serial binary single0ended data and control signals connecting between DTE and DCE

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Sampling Rate

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Number of samples per unit time taken from a continuous signal to obtain a discrete signal or a set of discrete data points.

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Scavenge Air Flow

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measure of the quantity of air used to remove the collected dust from a precleaner

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Scavenge Can

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device used in active scavenge applications to collect contaminate from the scavenged airflow before it reaches the scavenge pump

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Separator

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Device usually using inertial or centrifugal means to remove a portion of the test dust prior to reaching the filter element

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Separator Efficiency

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percentage of dust fed that is removed by the separator from the unit under test before it reaches the primary and/or secondary element

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Static Pressure

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pressure in a duct, at the observed air flow rate, measured by connecting a pressure gauge to a hole or holes drilled in the wall of the duct

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Terminal Condition (1)

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restriction or differential pressure reaches a specified or agreed value

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Terminal Condition (2)

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dust-removing efficiency or some other performance parameter falls to a specified or agreed value

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Test Air Flow

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measure of the quantity of air drawn through the air cleaner outlet per unit time

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Total Efficiency

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measure of how much contaminate gets past the unit under test. The total dust fed minus the absolute gain divided by the total dust fed.

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Transducer

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differential pressure sensor that measures air pressure at specified points in the test system and generates an electronic signal as a function of the pressure imposed

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Transition

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ductwork component used to attach a ductwork section of one size to a section of a different size

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UV light

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used to examine elements for leak paths after Visolite is fed at the rated air flow

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Vaccuation Valve

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valve attached to an air cleaner housing or precleaner that allows for removal or “vaccuation” of dust from the housing

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V-Cone Flow Meter

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device used to measure flow rates in the Main Flow bench of the Engine Air Lab installed between the test station and the pump

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Variable Frequency Drive

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adjustable-speed drive used in electro-mechanical drive systems to control AC motor speed and torque by varying motor input frequency and voltage. Used to control the air lab pumps

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Vibrator

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device usually attached to a dust line or dust jar and used to assist in moving dust to its desired location