Ford Motor Co. Approves Vacutec’s Smart Pressure Smoke Machine

Ford Motor Co. Approves Vacutec’s Smart Pressure Smoke Machine

Designed for leak-testing turbocharged engines, the 218-WV711 uses STAR EnviroTech’s patent-pending Smart Pressure digital microprocessor technology with a special Honeywell flow device.

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Ford Motor Company’s Rotunda tool and equipment program has approved Vacutec’s variable high-pressure smoke machine (218-WV711), built in collaboration with Ford, for its dealerships. Designed for leak-testing turbocharged engines, the 218-WV711 uses STAR EnviroTech’s patent-pending Smart Pressure digital microprocessor technology with a special Honeywell flow device.

Ford Motor Company’s Rotunda tool and equipment program has approved Vacutec’s variable high-pressure smoke machine (218-WV711), built in collaboration with Ford, for its dealerships. Designed for leak-testing turbocharged engines, the 218-WV711 uses STAR EnviroTech’s patent-pending Smart Pressure digital microprocessor technology with a special Honeywell flow device. It produces dense smoke at any pressure. This is Vacutec’s 20th year and third generation designing and building high-pressure smoke machines.

According to the company, Ford was the first OEM in the world to recognize the value of Diagnostic Smoke in 2000, by mandating Vacutec smoke machines featuring STAR Technology. They purchased and gave a Vacutec smoke machine to every authorized Ford dealer in North America. Since then, Ford has continued to approve newer generations of Vacutec smoke machines for its dealerships.

“We chose the Smart Pressure 218-WV711 because of the combination of very useful features,” says David Werthmann, ROTUNDA product engineer, Ford Motor Co. “The contaminant-free UltraTraceUV dye in the smoke vapor will be a big aid to our technicians in finding high-pressure leaks that without a dye trace couldn’t be found. The Smart Pressure is very accurate and simple to use, and the palm-sized remote is an especially convenient feature.”

This year marks the 25th OEM-mandated smoke machine model in about 41 countries worldwide featuring STAR Technology, inside. An additional 22 models with STAR, inside, have been approved, but not yet mandated by automakers.

The Smart Pressure’s easy digital controls allow for precise pressure adjustments without fumbling with analog regulators: “Just set it and forget it.” The all-digital unit comes standard with remote control and is self-calibrating and fully adjustable from 1-43.5 psi (69 mbar-3 bar). It also quantifies leaks with pressure decay (PSI/bar) and flow rate.

For more on Vacutec, visit vacutec.com.

For more on STAR EnviroTech, visit StarEnviroTech.com.

 

Star EnviroTech
Phone: 714-427-1244

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