Electrical Leak Detection

Electrical leak detection using LeakTEC works on the principal of applying high voltage to a component and determining whether a circuit is made because it’s passed through a hole, or whether the circuit is not made, because the part is complete without defects. Because the test uses high voltage, it works best on plastic parts and usually due to geometry and manufacturing techniques, injection moulded parts tend to be best suited.

Available for single part testing, the really fantastic systems measure many parts at once and often direct out of the mould machine. Robot demoulded components, while already held and within cycle time of the machine can be presented to a Tantec LeakTEC and checked in a fraction of a second. For many parts, this might take a few seconds. Other inline methods include rail and linear guide systems which can work at very high speeds, over 100m/min line speeds are not uncommon.