Product testing

To the end of achieving excellence in the design of new PILOMAT products, as well as the continuous manufacturing development, the new PILOMAT headquarters in Grassobbio operate equipment for the testing of products:

The environmental chamber allows for the testing of environmental stability and simulates specific conditions in temperature. Temperate and relative humidity can be adjusted from +50ºC and –30ºC. The use of the environmental chamber can improve the reliability of the PILOMAT products tested at various temperatures and humidity levels, and specific tests are performed regarding the intense handling of high temperatures.

The chamber for verifying the degree of protection against penetration by foreign entities, the verification of the effect of water penetration and the consequent achievement of electrical parts allow for the testing of PILOMAT products that can determine and improve product reliability in relation to the degree of IP (International Protection).

The gravitational pendulum for testing the impact on PILOMAT products is made up of a structure with a hammer attached, a foam ball that moves in a vertical plane after being released without any initial velocity. The hammer is fixed to a rotational axis which is adjustable to the desired height, above ground impact. The PILOMATE are made available for testing in order to ensure that the point of impact coincides with the point at which the trajectory of the hammer meets the vertical plane. The pendulum allows for a range of gravitational energy, adjustable from 500 to 100,000 Joules, depending on the mass of the hammer and the height of the fall. The use of the gravitational pendulum facilitates figuring out the breakage and thus improving the reliability of PILOMAT products, resulting from the damage from the vehicles.

The motorised cart for carrying out prolonged stress tests on PILOMAT products is made up of an oil–hydraulic piston with big cylinder bore, adjustable by height, the beam of which is moving in rectilinear motion in the horizontal plane and is provided at the end of a section of interchangeable semicircular support, depending on the diameter of the PILOMAT being tested. The motorised cart allows for a range of energy, adjustable from 500 to 400,000 Joules, depending on the oil–hydraulic pressure control circuit. The use of the motorised cart facilitates figuring out the breakage and thus improving the reliability of PILOMAT products, resulting from prolonged stress.