Applications

Leak testing for the aerospace industry

In the aerospace industry, leak and flow tests are part of component qualification: a minimal variation can alter electrical insulation, thermal management or structural integrity under critical conditions.

ForTest technologies enable testing of wiring harnesses, electronic modules, hydraulic circuits, and propulsion components with stable, repeatable, and traceable measurements, maintained even at high pressures and under severe test conditions.

This level of metrological control allows manufacturers to validate each piece before integrating it into the line, reducing the risk of latent defects and ensuring operational continuity during the assembly phases.

Leak testing for automotive components

In the automotive sector, component sealing is put to the test by vibrations, rapid thermal cycles, variable pressures and aggressive fluids: conditions that can generate micro-leaks that are difficult to detect without truly stable instruments.

ForTest technologies are designed to measure these variations with high sensitivity, ensuring repeatable checks on hydraulic components, cooling systems, electronic modules and powertrain units.

In motorsport, a field of excellence in the Emilia-Romagna region, we collaborate with leading manufacturers who require extremely tight tolerances and flawless testing processes: a concrete reference point for the precision that ForTest is able to ensure.

This metrological approach allows each part to be validated before entering the production line, reducing defects, improving vehicle reliability and production continuity.

Leak testing for the household appliance industry

The sealing of components is central to ensuring safety, durability and compliance with waterproofing requirements of household appliances: any water infiltration or air leakage can compromise product functionality and generate high quality costs.

ForTest technologies perform accurate inspections on tanks, piping, valves, pumps, electronic housings and pneumatic assemblies, detecting micro-leaks even on plastic materials subject to deformations and tight tolerances. The stability of measurements and data traceability allow manufacturers to maintain consistent repeatability levels on large volumes and validate each component before final assembly.

Leak testing for the electronics industry

In electronics, even minimal infiltration can alter circuit insulation, accelerate oxidation, or compromise device durability. For this reason, verifying the hermeticity of enclosures, connectors, sensitive modules, and dissipation systems requires equipment capable of measuring very small variations within reduced volumes.

ForTest technologies ensure high stability and sensitivity even in low-pressure testing, enabling manufacturers to validate IP (Ingress Protection) integrity, moisture protection, and proper sealing of electronic components before final assembly.

The repeatability of cycles and data traceability ensure constant control throughout the entire production process.

Leak testing for the foundry industry

In cast components, leak-tightness is often the most critical point: porosity, micro-cracks and thickness variations can generate leaks that are difficult to detect with traditional methods.

ForTest technologies enable testing of pump bodies, manifolds, casings, fluid housings, and structural elements with stable measurements even on complex geometries and large volumes.

The metrological sensitivity allows for the detection of micro-leaks related to the casting process and validates each part before mechanical processing, reducing waste and costs downstream in the production process.

Leak testing for components in the gas sector

In gas systems, leak-tightness is a primary safety requirement: even a micro-leak can generate potentially dangerous conditions during use. Components such as cylinders, regulators, valves, manifolds and piping must ensure absence of leaks even under high pressures or in very low flow conditions, where the smallest variation can alter system stability.

Data traceability and cycle repeatability allow manufacturers to verify compliance with process parameters and validate each component before installation or assembly.

Leak testing for the mechanical engineering industry

In the mechanical sector, sealing is crucial to ensure the reliability of pressurized components, lubricated systems, hydraulic circuits and components machined with tight tolerances. Micro-leaks related to residual porosity, complex machining or imperfect couplings can compromise performance, durability and safety of the final product. ForTest leak testers allow testing of casings, reducers, heat exchangers, manifolds, fittings and pneumatic assemblies with stable measurements even at high pressures.

In the Emilia-Romagna mechanical district, we collaborate with leading companies that require the highest level of precision and testing continuity: a wealth of experience that we now transfer to every application.

Leak testing for the medical sector

The biomedical sector in Modena is where ForTest was born and developed. Here every device, from respiratory circuits to dialysis components, requires leak testing so sensitive as to detect infinitesimal variations, because a small drift can change the outcome of a treatment or patient safety.

Working alongside manufacturers in this district has accustomed us to rigorous standards: clean rooms, thin plastics, complex geometries, materials that react differently to pressure. It is based on these needs that we have developed solutions capable of operating in sterile environments, maintaining stability on reduced volumes and offering traceability that complies with industry protocols.

This experience has shaped our way of designing equipment: continuous monitoring, high sensitivity, repeatability that allows validating every component before final assembly or sterilization.

Leak testing for the hydraulic sector

In hydraulics, leak tightness is a structural parameter: a cylinder that loses pressure, a valve that doesn’t close perfectly, or a pump body with microporosity can alter the force, efficiency, and stability of the entire circuit. Components often work under harsh conditions, such as high pressures, continuous cycles, thermal shocks, and environmental contamination. Any variation becomes a signal of inefficiency or premature wear.

The UNI 10903 regulatory reference defines the requirements for leak testing verification of pressure components: a standard that has guided the development of our testing methods and that we support with procedures designed to detect minimal leaks even on elastic volumes, irregular geometries and assemblies subjected to high stress.

The experience gained with manufacturers of agricultural machinery, earthmoving equipment, and complex industrial systems has allowed us to refine a control process that detects anomalies before final assembly, ensuring operational continuity in the most demanding applications.

Leak testing for the packaging industry

In packaging, sealing determines the quality of the final product well before it reaches the shelves: a micro air passage can alter preservation, reduce shelf-life or compromise content protection during transport and storage.

Testing involves chambers, plastic casings, bottles, blisters, and pressurized systems, which must withstand pressure differences, elastic deformations, and thermal cycles typical of packaging processes.

The inspection focuses on the stability of the internal volume and the sealing integrity of closures, elements that allow the identification of imperfect welds, damaged materials, or production process variations not visible to the naked eye. It is at this point in the cycle that measurement becomes decisive: it allows qualifying each batch and maintaining consistent product quality.

Leak testing for pneumatic components

In pneumatic systems, a small air leak is enough to change an actuator’s response, slow down cycles or increase compressor consumption. Valves, cylinders, fittings and pipes must therefore maintain their seal over time, even with elastic volumes and moderate pressures typical of this sector.

UNI 10903, the reference standard for testing pressure components made of aluminum alloy, is also used as a reference for pneumatic circuit testing. The experience gained in testing these elements has led us to develop methods that identify micro-leaks that are difficult to detect with other systems and that help maintain constant plant efficiency.

Testing thus becomes a step that prevents energy waste and ensures consistent circuit performance over time.

Leak testing for heating system components

In the production of boilers, burners, radiators, heat exchangers and combustion chambers, leak tightness is a safety and functionality requirement: each component must withstand operating pressure without leaks, deformations or bypassing. For aluminum alloy bodies and for assemblies designed to work under pressure, reference to UNI 10903 ensures a defined test method, with controlled pressures and measurable leak limits.

In-line testing allows for the detection of porosity, imperfect joints, or micro-leaks directly on the finished part, avoiding rework and ensuring compliant components before assembly in boilers, stoves, and thermal systems.