This American National Standard, ANSI/SMACNA 016-2012, covers revised leakage criteria and builds on the proven methods for testing ductwork for air leaks from the first edition. Contains updates to ...

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) released a new guidebook, Metal Building Systems - Best Practices to Comply with Whole-Building Air Leakage Testing Requirements. The free ...

"Whole-building air leakage testing is specified in the latest energy code updates,” said Tony Bouquot, MBMA general manager. “As more and more states and municipalities adopt these codes and testing ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Fraunhofer USA with a patent for algorithms that detect and quantify air leakage from single-family homes using data from commercially ...

Essentially, a cylinder leakage tester simply compares the amount of air pressure a cylinder is able to maintain compared to the pressure of the air being supplied to it at a given flow rate.

A leak detection and fixing process is always followed by an integral leak test of the production tool with a rate-of-rise test. The UL6000Fab PLUS now takes on both jobs: the leak detection and ...