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Deadweight tester

Device for checking the accuracy of a pressure gauge

Deadweight tester
Summary

Device for checking the accuracy of a pressure gauge

Dead weight tester, Type PD23, Nagano Keiki Co., Ltd.

A dead weight tester apparatus uses weights to apply pressure to a fluid for checking the accuracy of readings from a pressure gauge. A dead weight tester (DWT) is a calibration standard method that uses a piston cylinder on which a load is placed to make an equilibrium with an applied pressure underneath the piston. Deadweight testers are secondary standards which means that the pressure measured by a deadweight tester is defined through other quantities: length, mass and time. Typically deadweight testers are used in to calibrate pressure measuring devices.

Formula

The formula on which the design of a DWT is based basically is expressed as follows :

p=F / A[Pa]

where :

A:effective area PCU[m2]

Piston cylinder design

In general there are three different kind of DWT's divided by the medium which is measured and the lubricant which is used for its measuring element :

  1. gas operated gas lubricated PCU's
  2. gas operated oil lubricated PCU's
  3. oil operated oil lubricated PCU's

References

References

  1. Fluke Corporation. "Pressurements PressCal Deadweight Tester Software".
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