High Pressure Testing Systems with Tilting Functionality

KW Designed Solutions has designed, developed and engineered pressure testing systems and pressure vessels with tilting mechanisms incorporated into their design; allowing operation in vertical, horizontal or any position dependent on specific requirements.

When mounted in a suitable framework, they are quick and easy to access. High pressure testing vessels can simply be rotated and locked-off manually, using an ergonomic hand wheel and locking pin arrangement.

Pneumatic or hydraulic actuators can be used to tilt heavier pressure vessels from horizontal to vertical orientation. We can also automate and control this process; supplying electrically driven systems that utilise a compact motor, gearbox and sensor arrangement within the design.

Features

0 to 360° rotation
Automated and remote operation
Compact framework
Electrical drives with integral motor and gearbox
Manual operation
Pneumatic or hydraulic lift for up to 90° tilt
Simple safety locking mechanisms

Benefits

Allows device under test to be tested in vertical and horizontal orientations
Enables access to both closures at opposite ends of the pressure vessel
Varying angular positions are achievable
Pressure vessel assemblies may be rotated to help with loading and unloading when there are space or height constraints

Applications and Customer Uses

Pressure vessels designed with incorporated tilting mechanisms are popular with customers who work within the Subsea industry.

Tilting mechanisms allow access to both ends of the vessel for test product set-up, insertion and removal. They also enable flexibility in orientating the pressure test vessel; providing realistic connector alignment, when testing subsea electrical connectors.

Tilting Pressure Vessel - Project Examples

High Pressure Subsea Electrical Connector Testing System with Tilt Control

Designed and manufactured for a world-renowned subsea electrical connector manufacturer for the oil and gas industry.

A series of 2068 bar tilting hyperbaric pressure testing systems, designed to customer specific functionality to accommodate single and multiple products for enhanced testing regimes, more productively and safely within custom-built below level test cells.

High Pressure Testing System with Tilt Control for Subsea Electrical Connector Testing

This high pressure system was designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned for a world-leading manufacturer of subsea wet-mate and dry-mate electrical connector systems for a wide range of applications in subsea oil and gas and renewable energy, for rigorous test regimes.

One of a series of complex high pressure testing systems, designed to carry out factory acceptance testing on an advanced range of subsea electrical connectors in simulated seawater mixture using sand and silt. The connectors can be statically and dynamically pressure tested (mated and de-mated) during electrical testing.

High Pressure Subsea Electrical Connector Testing System with Tilt Control

Designed and manufactured for a world-renowned subsea electrical connector manufacturer for the oil and gas industry.

A series of 2068 bar tilting hyperbaric pressure testing systems, designed to customer specific functionality to accommodate single and multiple products for enhanced testing regimes, more productively and safely within custom-built below level test cells.