Gilmore Testing

The Gilmore name means a lot to us. We’re not in the commodities business. Our name is on the line with every valve we manufacture. That explains our near obsession with maintaining the highest quality standards, every day, by subjecting our products to rigorous functional testing and industry performance standards before you ever put them to work.

Development and Testing Capabilities

FACILITY

Clean indoor valve assembly area (350 square feet)
Clean indoor testing area (200 square feet)
Outdoor high flow testing area (1300 square feet)
Hyperbaric chamber and burst testing area (500 square feet)

EQUIPMENT

High Flow Hydraulic Power Units
3,000 psig @ 3.8 gpm (dirty fluid skid)
10,000 psig @ 12 gpm (clean fluid skid)

Low Flow Hydraulic Pumps:
60,000 psig hydrostatic test console
30,000 psig hydrostatic test cart
20,000 psig hydrostatic test cart

Burst Testing
60,000 psig with 20-cubic-foot containment tank (water immersed)

Accumulators
10,000 psig – two racks of four 3-gallon accumulators
6,000 psig – one rack of six 15-gallon accumulators
3,000 psig accumulator skid with 40-gallon spherical accumulator

Deep Water Simulation
4800 cubic inch hyperbaric chamber, deepwater simulation to 11,000 ft. 16" ID x 42" L

Data Acquisition System
LabVIEW 6I data acquisition and automated control software
Eight discrete 30-volt DC output channels
Eight analog inputs (milliamp or millivolt signal) for monitoring pressure transducers
Eight thermocouple inputs for temperature monitoring
Custom programming available for specific valve test sequencing

Instrumentation
Conventional flow measurement equipment
Adiabatic flow measurement equipment.
Complete complement of pressure transducers at various ranges