SwRI: Hydraulic Systems Design and Development, Testing

  image of SwRI personnel conducting performance and durability tests on valves, pumps, motors, accumulators, and other hydraulic components
 

SwRI conducts performance and durability tests on valves, pumps, motors, accumulators, and other hydraulic components.

Using flexible and well-equipped test facilities, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) staff test hydraulic components and systems to verify and validate new designs and to measure existing design characteristics.


Evaluation of Hydraulic Characteristics

SwRI evaluates a wide range of hydraulic-related characteristics, such as:

  • Efficiency

  • Flow loss

  • Burst and proof pressure

  • Durability

  • Noise

  • Pressure transients

  • Environmental

Hydraulic Component Testing

Tests are performed on a wide range of hydraulic components such as:

  • Pumps and motors

  • Valves

  • Accumulators

  • Systems

For more information about hydraulic systems design and development testing capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Glenn Wendel at gwendel@swri.org or 210-522-2622.

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is an independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 12 technical divisions using multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. The Institute occupies more than 1,200 acres and provides nearly two million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, workshops, and offices for more than 3,300 employees who perform contract work for industry and government clients.