Instruments & Facilities
The success of your spray solution depends on a thorough understanding of spray characteristics critical to your operation. We provide detailed testing and analysis to help you fine-tune your spray operations.
![PDI](/-/media/dam/industrial/usa/website-images/sars---equipment-and-services/sars-characterization-overview-pdi-turnkey-660x370.jpg)
PDI Turnkey
The phase Doppler interferometry instruments measure drop size, velocity and volume flux at a point within a spray plume
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Phase Doppler Interferometer (PDI)
We primarily use three types of PDI instruments to characterize spray droplets.
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Laser Sheet Imaging
We use LSI instruments to measure spray distribution at various angles in gas conditioning and other applications.
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Laser Diffraction Particle Analysis
LD instruments allow us to quickly and accurately assess drop size distribution within a spray plume.
![Artium Technologies HSI system](/-/media/dam/industrial/usa/website-images/sars---equipment-and-services/high-speed-imaging-particle-sizing-660x370.jpg)
High Speed Imaging Particle Sizing
High-speed image (HSI) particle sizing with the Artium Technologies HSI system produces instantaneous images of a spray that allow for post-processing of droplet/blob characteristics.
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High-speed Imaging
See how we use high-speed cameras to capture and play back videos of the spray process, allowing us to help customers optimize their spray operations.
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Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry
Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (Tomo-PIV) with the LaVision Flow Master system provides volumetric measurements of particle or droplet velocities.
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Containment Booth
Our containment booth allows us to test for significant misting and evaluate spray materials that need to be moderately contained.
![Conveyor testing setup](/-/media/dam/industrial/usa/website-images/sars---equipment-and-services/characterization-overview-conveyor-testing-660x370.jpg)
Conveyor Testing
Our conveyor tests help you understand the impact of line speed, nozzle type and other spray parameters in conveyorized processes.
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Laser Imaging
This laser imaging method provides instantaneous images of a spray that can be analyzed to identify droplet characteristics.
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Low-impact Testing
We use TekScan’s capacitive sheet material to measure low-impact forces generated in the spray pattern of two-layer materials.
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Mechanical Patternator
Using this instrument is the most direct method of evaluating the liquid distribution of one or more nozzles.
![particle image velocimetry example](/-/media/dam/industrial/usa/website-images/sars---equipment-and-services/characterization-overview-particle-image-velocimetry-660x370.jpg)
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
The PIV system measures particle and droplet velocities in nozzle prototypes and as part of the CFD validation process.
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Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer (PDPA)
PDPA systems with PowerSight modules provide accurate spray data across all measurement situations.
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Rheology Testing Equipment
We use a variety of instruments for characterizing fluid rheology properties and analyzing their effect on the spray plume.
![Wind tunnel spray setup for testing](/-/media/dam/industrial/usa/website-images/sars---equipment-and-services/characterization-overview-wind-tunnel-660x370.jpg)
Wind Tunnel
Our wind tunnel serves as a simple, flexible solution for simulating environmental airflow in co-flow, counter-flow and cross-flow conditions.