{"id":4476,"date":"2025-08-06T12:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drwiesner.de\/glossary\/air-under-water-method\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:35:51","slug":"air-under-water-method","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.drwiesner.de\/en\/glossary\/air-under-water-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Air-under-water Method"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4476\" class=\"elementor elementor-4476 elementor-2064\" data-elementor-post-type=\"glossary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9114359 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9114359\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c768f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c768f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leak testing using the air-under-water method<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a64a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63a64a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e1131e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e1131e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><\/p><p>The test object is pressurized underwater. The formation of bubbles at leakages is usually observed manually, less often detected with ultrasonic sensors.<\/p><p><strong>Test medium:<\/strong><\/p><p>Compressed air or nitrogen<\/p><p><strong>Detectable leak rates:<\/strong><\/p><p>&gt; 0.05 cm&sup3;\/min<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30ebc03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30ebc03\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9f15f1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d9f15f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f1b20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7f1b20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a596e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a596e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Advantages:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Leak localization is very simple. As a result, testing can continue even on purely manual testing devices if minor leaks occur on the clamping and sealing device with increasing age.<\/li><li>Often, several test objects are immersed in a liquid basin in parallel. This allows a high throughput to be achieved.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>relatively small leak rates detectable<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ec5d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ec5d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><br>Disadvantages:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The test objects get wet and must be elaborately dried and possibly preserved before further use.<\/li><li>The method is unsuitable for moisture-sensitive components.<\/li><li>The quality of the test depends 100% on the attention and judgment of the operator.<\/li><li>Completely different bubble sizes can arise due to fluctuating water quality and different leak shapes. In extreme cases, even large bubbles do not detach from the test object and are therefore not recognized by the operator.<\/li><li>A quantitative evaluation of the leak size is not possible.<\/li><li>The automatic documentation of the test results is impossible.<\/li><li>Functions for regulated reject part handling cannot be implemented.<\/li><li>Test equipment requires a high effort due to the waterproof and corrosion-resistant materials to be used.<\/li><li>Ensuring consistently good water quality is complex.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714001c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"714001c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>By adding relaxing substances to the water (for example, soap, detergent), the surface tension can be reduced and the bubble size decreased. As a result, more and therefore more easily recognizable smaller bubbles rise with the same leakage.<\/li><li>Water basins of air-under-water test stations must be very well lit to facilitate the detection of rising air bubbles.<\/li><li>The concentrated search for rising bubbles is very strenuous for the operator. If possible, a rotating workplace organization should be created here in order to enable work cycles of a maximum of two hours in length, followed by eye-relieving activity of the same duration.<\/li><li>It should be automatically monitored that the test object is actually filled with compressed air during the observation phase.<\/li><li>The operator must be protected from bursting test objects or connection hoses, especially at higher test pressures.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-glossary pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drwiesner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/4476?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drwiesner.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-pdf-title\">Download<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drwiesner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/4476?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drwiesner.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Drucken<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leak testing using the air-under-water method Method: The test object is pressurized underwater. 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