Jacques Hoffmann

Jacques Hoffmann is president of InterTech Development Company. For more information, contact Gerald Sim at [email protected] , (847) 679-3377, or visit www.intertechdevelopment.com .
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Leak Testing Trends: Technology Update

Manufacturing operations that have invested in robotics are finding that this can also impact leak testing.
Jacques Hoffmann
August 8, 2018

For a broad range of automotive, medical and other products, leak testing requirements before products are released to the marketplace have not changed. What has changed in recent years is several new technologies—some related to data handling and the Industrial Internet of Things and others relating to test techniques—that now change the calculus of determining best-match solutions for leak testing.


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Quality Test & Inspection: Failsafe Leak Testing

Jacques Hoffmann
March 1, 2007
Failsafe leak testing, where one never misclassifies a bad part as a good part, is doable. Better yet, good parts are never misclassified as bad parts and yield is maximized. However, this standard of perfection is achievable only if one understands and manages all the factors that can undermine leak-testing integrity. By understanding the limitations of failsafe leak testing in the most widely applicable method, mass flow leak testing, practical steps can be taken to manage these factors so that quality standards are uncompromised.


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