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Danfoss testing facilities
Danfoss Tech Center
Where innovation and technology meet
Application engineering
A Product Applications Engineer is
responsible for performing a wide variety
of engineering and technical tasks. They
review all customer product specifications,
including drawings, contracts, and project
details. They are the main technical
resources throughout the sales process.
The Product Applications Engineer
identifies and designs complex products
and solutions, determining manufacturing
feasibility and costs for specific customer
applications and quotations.
Engineering lab
The Engineering Lab is a place of learning
and discovery for our technical team. This
area includes our current crimp machine
line up where we can build test samples and
prove out new products and tooling on our
crimp equipment. It also includes two of our
3D printers that we use for rapid prototypes,
proving designs and developing new
methods of manufacturing components.
There is also space to perform product
tear downs, review and analysis as well as
machining capabilities for custom tooling,
fixtures and cutaways.
Environmental room
Fluid Conveyance Products are exposed
to many harsh environments and we need
to be able to duplicate some of these
conditions. Environmental chambers are
machines we use to simulate extreme
temperature, humidity, vibration, flexing and
pressurization conditions. The environmental
room is filled with six environmental
chambers with varying capabilities. While
all the chambers can be programmed with
a high/low temperature profile, two of the
chambers have vibration capabilities, one
has a mechanical flex capability and two
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have humidity capabilities. Environmental
testing is performed to either industry
specifications, customer specifications or
internally developed test protocols. As an
added feature, a power unit can be brought
to
the chambers to perform impulse testing
while at varying environmental conditions.
Material science lab
Hydraulics lab
Oven room
Our ISO/TS 16949 approved and A2LA
certified Test Lab provides a suitable
environment to conduct laboratory testing
in support of new product development,
ongoing customer support and internal
continuous improvement activities. Our staff
includes experienced Technicians, Hydraulics
Systems experts, Electrical expertise, LabView
expertise, in house Gauging and Calibration,
Quality and Maintenance. We are fully
capable of designing and developing all our
test equipment from simple test fixtures to
complex impulse machines.
The ovens that occupy most of this room’s
floor space are utilized for a variety of
high temperature tests including high
temperature aging, hot oil circulation, high
temperature impulse and high temperature
burst. Testing to these protocols ensures
our products will perform even when run at
their extreme rated operating temperatures.
Abrasion to a hose cover will expose
the steel reinforcement wires causing
corrosion and eventually hose failure. The
Fluid Conveyance product group offers a
variety of hose covers from entry level low
abrasion resistance to premium products
that offer very high abrasion resistance.
To characterize the abrasion resistance of
a hose cover, we use an abrasion tester
designed to run testing per ISO-6945.
Salt spray is another standardized test
protocol run in this room to test plating
corrosion resistance. Plating is a significant
factor for Fluid Conveyance because most
of our fitting and adapter product lines are
Zinc plated steel.
Impulse lab
The machines within this area are designed
to perform the core hose tests of impulse
and burst. Impulse testing is a fatigue test
where hose is repeatedly exposed to high
pressure pulses for a high number of cycles
while at its highest operating temperature
and smallest bend radius. These extreme
conditions ensure hoses meet endurance
requirements. Burst is a one time pressure
test where hose is taken to failure and
required to meet a 4 to 1 safety factor. Other
testing that takes place in this area includes
vibration, tensile, volumetric expansion and
air brake flex testing. While not as common
as burst and impulse, these tests are needed
to support the vast array of industries that
the Fluid Conveyance product lines serve.
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Materials Science laboratory offers the
formulation development of novel
thermoset and thermoplastic elastomers
alongside expertise in testing, chemical
compatibility and QC analysis..
Pilot plant
The Maumee, USA and Cerkezkoy, Türkiye
Pilot Plant generates prototype hose based
on engineering specifications and used
in the Concept Assessment and Design
Suitability stages of development.
