In Search of a Cold Room Test Facility
In Search of a Cold Room Test Facility
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I am in search of a cold room facility in which to perform cold start testing of diesel powered, off-highway construction equipment.
The facility should be large enough to back a semi-trailer into. It is not necessary that the trailer comepletely fit within the cold room, our equipment can be off-loaded. The test machine is approximately 10 feet (3 m) wide, 40 feet (12.2 m) long, and 11 feet (3.4 m) tall. The length could be shortened by up to 15 feet (4.5 m) in order to fit a smaller facility.
I need to cold soak the equipment to at least 0 F (-18 C), -20 F (-29 C) preferred.
The facility should be large enough to back a semi-trailer into. It is not necessary that the trailer comepletely fit within the cold room, our equipment can be off-loaded. The test machine is approximately 10 feet (3 m) wide, 40 feet (12.2 m) long, and 11 feet (3.4 m) tall. The length could be shortened by up to 15 feet (4.5 m) in order to fit a smaller facility.
I need to cold soak the equipment to at least 0 F (-18 C), -20 F (-29 C) preferred.





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RE: In Search of a Cold Room Test Facility
The "testing" will be performed by my firm. I just need a rentable facility in which to perform the testing.
I am only interested in evaluating the cold start performance, many of our machines operate in low ambient temps.
Keep the suggestions coming.
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The problem we are running into is gaining approval to store our rather sizeable machine for a "cold soak" period (~24 hrs.), and then to operate the equipment inside of a "closed" facility. Exhaust venting is a concern of the owners, as it is to me.
We are not giving up yet. I'm guessing it would be much less of a hassle to use a facility which was designed specifically for cold testing.
Thank's for the suggestion.
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Thanks for another good suggestion.
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http://www.shellglobalsolutions.com/evt/
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Call me and I'll get you a contact name.
414-906-0194
~Dave
Best regards,
Lakeshore Tech
RE: In Search of a Cold Room Test Facility
If you would like to speak to someone about possible alternatives I can be contacted at rhavermahl@ielinc.com or (734) 426-9833. Our company is in Ann Arbor MI and we specialize in testing things others don't want to touch such as live fuel.
RE: In Search of a Cold Room Test Facility
Check out http://www.intlfalls.org/cwt.htm
They're very easy to work with.
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