Pressure
testing
Pressure Testing Services
Our expert technicians validate the integrity and performance of gauges, valves, tubing assemblies, and other vital parts to ensure your systems operate safely and efficiently under pressure.
Pneumatic Testing
For gas-based systems, we employ inert gases following similar methodologies to validate performance under real-world conditions.
Hydrostatic Testing
We pressurize components with ultra-pure deionized water and measure pressure using calibrated gauges, ensuring structural integrity without risking contamination.
Our testing services comply with various specifications such as ASME, ASTM, KSC, MIL-STD, NIST, and NFPA, ensuring your components meet the highest industry standards.
Ensure the safety and reliability of your pressure-critical systems. Contact Astro Pak to discuss your hydrostatic and pneumatic testing needs and discover how our expertise can support your quality assurance goals.
ON-SITE
Whether you’re conducting a planned shutdown or require emergency response, Astro Pak can mobilize crews from one of our nationwide locations to your facility, utilizing a modern fleet of service vehicles, pump skids, and our chemistries and processes. We provide passivation, surface finish, and a wide range of chemical cleaning services, circulating our chemistry through your systems and equipment.
SHOP
For components, parts and sub-systems that can be cleaned out-of-place, our shops are well suited to meet your cleaning and passivation requirements. Our nationwide shop facilities deliver prompt and reliable service and features state-of-the-art equipment that can accommodate hardware of all sizes and volumes. We have dip tanks up to 40ft and overhead bridge cranes with 10 ton lifting capacity for oversized parts.
Related Services
Cleanliness Verification Testing
A critical step in the precision cleaning process is cleanliness verification testing, which ensures that cleaned parts and components meet the determined cleanliness level as noted in the specification.
Oxygen Cleaning
Oxygen cleaning is a specialized process for removing contaminants from components and systems used in oxygen-enriched environments. It helps reduce the risk of fire and explosions by eliminating hydrocarbons, metallic particles, and other hazardous residues.
Cryogenic & Cold Shock Testing
Cryogenic testing uses liquid nitrogen to cool components below -300°F, assessing their performance in extreme conditions. Specialized equipment measures leaks and flow rates, ensuring reliability for cryogenic applications like valves.
Markets Served
Aerospace & Space
We offer a wide range of process methods ranging from hand detail cleaning, high pressure spraying, ultrasonic, and flow through circulation among others.
Military & Defense
Precision cleaning and passivation of critical components, enhancing durability, performance, and compliance in demanding environments.
Semiconductor
Delivering precision cleaning solutions for the Semiconductor industry, ensuring the highest levels of purity and performance for critical manufacturing processes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hydrostatic testing uses deionized water (DI H2O) to pressurize hardware and measure pressure, while pneumatic testing uses an inert gas for the same purpose. Both methods validate the integrity and strength of the system components under pressure.
These tests are essential for ensuring the safety, reliability, and compliance of systems operating under pressure. They help identify leaks, deformations, or potential failures before operational start-up.
Astro Pak tests gauges, valves, tubing assemblies, piping, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, filters, and other components.
Astro Pak can perform hydrostatic pressure tests up to 30,000 psi and pneumatic pressure tests up to 32,000 psi.
Yes, hydrostatic and pneumatic testing can be combined with precision cleaning, passivation, cleanliness certification, and clean assembly operations.
Yes, Astro Pak provides both on-site and in-house hydrostatic and pneumatic testing services for a wide range of industries.
Astro Pak has the expertise to test components made of stainless steel, carbon steel, polymers, composites, and other exotic alloys and materials.