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Thread: Certification of Full Pressure Ram

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    JeremyCuss
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    The rules say,

    "Custom made components, or parts operating above the suppliers maximum working pressure, must beindependently tested and certified at 120% of the maximum system pressure available at that point."

    Please can someone tell me of a person/organisation who can provide this service. I have a full CO2 pressure ram that needs certifying. I also need to know the pressure to which it needs testing. As I will have a 1000psig bursting disc, this would seem to be a sensible test pressure. It is also about 120% of the likely maximum system pressure. I am happy to be guided by others.

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    Is it the steel 100*140 you got a few years back?

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    JeremyCuss
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    Wow! You've got a good memory. It was made for me by Mario deJongh about 10 years ago.

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    That ram was build to cope with 105 bar/4500psi hydraulic, static pressure.
    Last edited by maddox10; 25th August 2017 at 20:08.

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    JeremyCuss
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    Thanks for that information. I guess that I need a piece of paper to say that. I really don't know what proof is required of me by those inspecting my robot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeremyCuss View Post
    Wow! You've got a good memory. It was made for me by Mario deJongh about 10 years ago.
    You're talking to Mario (maddox) As for certification, I don't know if anybody certifies custom components....for sure it will be difficult to find someone who would risk testing an unknown component and giving it a certificate unless they are really confident the component is well made etc...

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    JeremyCuss
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    I guessed that it must be Mario. No-one else would know the dimensions of my ram. There must be other roboteers running full-pressure rams. Perhaps they could tell me whether they had any problems or need for certification.

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    My certification capability evaporated with the change of job earlier this year.

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    HPAC (http://hpac-armourlite.co.uk) might be able to help you with pressure certifications. They're running a little slow at the moment because Trev's in hospital, but they've certified some of my old pressure components to 300 bar before.

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    JeremyCuss
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    Thank you Robert. That is an excellent solution to my problem. I have rung them. They will test it next week and can do it while I wait. They will provide a certificate. What is more they only charge £40 and obviously have done quite a few rams for Robot Wars in the past!

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