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Can I pressure test on gasoline and flammable fluids?

By John Foster|2024-04-02T16:16:40+01:00March 22nd, 2024|Hydraulic Fluids, Hydraulic Seals, White Paper|

Can I pressure test on flammable fluids including gasoline? How risky is it to test on highly inflammable fluids at low or high pressures? There are a massive range of flammable fluids and equipment using them. How do you test the high pressure fuel system on this amazing Mercedes F1 engine? You can [...]

Where a Micropac hydraulic pump has the handle on hazardous atmospheres.

By John Foster|2018-03-02T16:22:49+00:00February 7th, 2014|Blog|

One of our customers in the Oil and Gas sector was struggling to source an ATEX hydraulic hand pump. We developed a single speed hydraulic hand pump to meet their hazardous area requirements and have now launched our new range of ATEX 316 stainless steel hand pumps. We can see a significant market for applications [...]