ADEY commissions testing station to air test MagnaClean magnetic and non-magnetic filters

(16/12/2009)

ADEY Professional Heating Solutions has unveiled a £40,000 product testing station at its South Wales assembly facility. The specially commissioned testing station is designed to air test ADEY’s MagnaClean magnetic and non-magnetic filters, the Professional 22 and 28mm units in addition to the company’s TwinTech filter.

The new test rig air pressure tests each MagnaClean up to 2 bar, nearly twice that encountered within an average domestic central heating system in the UK. And, with water four times denser than air, the use of an air pressure testing facility creates a far more rigorous testing environment for every MagnaClean filter leaving the plant.

At full capacity, the test station can batch test 12 units a minute, more than 700 an hour, to meet the growing nationwide demand for MagnaClean technology which is regarded as best practice in the maintenance and protection of new and existing central heating systems. The test process is an additional quality control check to supplement factory testing at the final point in the production chain immediately prior to distribution.

“We’re immensely proud of the quality measures in place throughout the company and particularly with regard to the design and manufacture of the products themselves. This latest quality initiative will help keep us at the forefront of the industry in this key area,” explains Managing Director Chris Adey.

“People talk about quality, but we’re passionate about it and believe the investment in equipment and initiatives like this really make a difference and ensure our customers are getting the best possible and most reliable products available.”

“Of course we have full quality control systems in place throughout the manufacturing process, but we felt that a further final check of every single product before it’s packed and leaves our distribution centre would reinforce our commitment to our customers.”

All MagnaClean filters are guaranteed for two years and since their arrival on the market in 2003 have become an industry standard. Today, the technology is specified widely by local authorities, housing associations, utilities as well as British Gas.

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