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High pressure metrology for industrial applicationsPressures up to 1.5 GPa are used in high-pressure technologies in GENERAL ENGINEERING, AUTOMOTIVE, PETROCHEMICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL and FOOD industries. EXAMPLE 1: Fuel injection ![]() © 2011 caroto.gr EXAMPLE 2: Water jet cutting ![]() © upload.wikimedia.org EXAMPLE 3: High-pressure food sterilisation ![]() © Wageningen UR ![]() © www.public-domain-image.com Worldwide only China, India and Russia have primary pressure standards above 1 GPa. EUROPEAN PRIMARY STANDARDS ARE LIMITED BY 1 GPa. Such situation had to be solved: EMRP IND 01 "High pressure metrology for industrial applications".- The project was funded by European Metrology research Programme. - The project enabled cooperation of European high pressure metrology laboratories and companies. - The duration of the project was from October 2011 to September 2014. |