QUALITY INFORMATION

QI_12_0002 Rev.1 - Protocol leak test

Department City Sheets Date
QUALITY Ploiesti 1 - 1 27-01-2012
Author Phone Filename
Catalin Chirita 034 101188 QI_12_0002 Ver.1
Participants:
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Gabriel Poenaru
Catalin Ispas
Fernando Matos

EMDEP RO
EMDEP RO
EMDEP E

gpoenaru@emdep.com
cispas@emdep.com
fmatos@emdep.com


EMDEP GROUP F08.06.00
Poligono Industrial de Entar
43813 ALIO TARRAGONA
SPAIN


Protocol leak test

When a counterpart with leak test simple is tested the following steps need to be verified:

Simple: With Festo switch (or similar).
The counterpart is activated with a complete connector and the air (with the air regulator) is adjusted
until the switch give signal OK.
Further is caused a loss of air in the seal from the terminals (by introducing a thin metal rod) and is
verified if the OK signal is lost. At extraction of the metal rod (the seal will be in the correct position) the
detection should activate itself.
If the cause the leak cant be made in this way is removed a seal and is verified if it disables / enables (at
the insertion of the seal back).
The pressure set from the air regulator is verified with a digital switch (installed in the test board were
are tested the counterparts)

Simple digital: with digital switch
The digital switch is set at 0.3 bar

The following steps are almost similar:
Activate the counterpart with a complete sealed connector.
Adjust the air regulator at 0.5 bar.
Test the loss of air

Complex digital: Digital switch + electronic plate
The digital switch is adjusted at 0.3 bar and Hysteresis at 0.05 (is the maximum variation that
the pressure can have during the test)
Adjust the electronic plate for the starting time(+- 1 s) and the duration of test (+-5 s)

The following steps are similar:
Activate the counterpart with a complete sealed connector.
Adjust the air regulator at 0.7-0.8 bar: it is not necessary to be exact because the electronic
plate stops the insertion of the air when inside the cavity are reached the value of 0.3 bar
Test the air loss

Vacuum simple: Digital Switch
- The vacuum pomp create vacuum in the cavity and the digital switch read this pressure
- The digital switch is set at pressure -0.50.

The following steps are almost similar:
Activate the counterpart with a complete sealed connector.
Adjust the digital switch at -0.5 bar.
Test the loss of air

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Date Filename Side
18-01-2012 Protocol leak test 2 / 2


EMDEP GROUP
Poligono Industrial de Entar
43813 ALIO TARRAGONA
SPAIN
Vacuum complex: digital switch + electronic plate
Adjust the air regulator at -0.5 bar
Adjust the electronic plate for the test starting time (+- 1 s) and the duration of the test (+-5 s):
if in the cavity is reached the value of -0.5 bar then the detection signal will be OK, if the
pressure in the cavity will not reach -0.5 bar in the seated time then the signal will be NOK

The following steps are similar:
Activate the counterpart with a sealed connector.
Test the air loss

Below are some examples when are used the samples from Emdep archives:
Case 1: the sample from customer gets damaged during the production process (in most cases)
Case 2: the sample received from customer is incomplete (missing wire on cavities; missing strap;
spacer; seals etc.)

For Leak test, if sample from customer dose not assure the air leakage (missing wires; seals; incorrect
wire) then the counterpart is tested with a correct connector (can be used a connector without wires and with
the holes covered by plugs or seals)

NOTE: In the quality department is tested the counterpart, not the sample

In the table below are presented some examples of incorrect/incomplete samples:
Picture Problem




Strap position. The position of
strap can be as black strap or
white strap
Missing spacer

Missing seal

Damaged seal