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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Inventors:

Ted Dennis Grabau, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Meredith Bell, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Assignee:

FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/00 (2006.01); G01N 25/00 (2006.01); G01M 99/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/00 (2013.01); F16K 37/0075 (2013.01); G01M 99/008 (2013.01); Y02P 90/265 (2015.11);
Abstract

The claimed method and system develops accelerated aging test protocols for a component of a process control device, such as a polymeric component of a valve assembly, where the accelerated aging test protocol is specifically developed in response to expected operating conditions to be used during operation of the process control device in a process plant installation. Test data from the developed accelerated aging tests is analyzed to determine a projected lifetime profile of the component that profiles the component through failure under those expected operating conditions. Particular profiling for polymeric features includes oxidation failure profiling and other fatigue conditions.


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