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Team on 18 May 2000
First UK test facility for Trace Heating
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A new test facility has been built at Sira's Hazardous Area Centre near Chester to enable manufacturers of trace heating tape achieve FM listing in the USA
A new test facility has been built at Sira's Hazardous Area Centre near Chester to enable manufacturers of trace heating tape achieve FM listing in the USA for their products The tests will help manufacturers meet the complex requirements of two recent standards and access the US market place
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Apr 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Believed to be the first test facility of its kind in the UK, Sira will be conducting tests to help meet Standards IEEE 515: 1997 for hazardous area and industrial applications, and IEEE 515.1: 1995 for commercial applications such as offices and houses.
In order to meet the Standards two new sets of tests must be carried out.
One is a 32-week service life performance test, and the second is a chemical exposure test where trace heating tape must be immersed in 8 separate organic chemicals which are maintained at temperatures not less than 5oC lower than their boiling points.
Sira has committed significant investment to develop the test facilities.
Bob Cooper general manager of Sira's Hazardous Area Centre comments, "Our approach wherever possible is to provide solutions to our customers' problems.
Customers told us of a need, we responded and the facility is already being used for testing.
We believe manufacturers benefit from having access to a local facility by saving time and money".
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