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performance testing (which allows to check the
quality and efficiency of pump sets under real
operating conditions) but can also be related to
additional testing related to satisfactory operation
under certain critical conditions such as insufficient
NPSH margin, high energy density or high operating
temperature.
Such tests are all highly time- & resource-consuming
and therefore entail longer lead-times and higher
costs for customers, in total contrast with the current
market trends.

Termomeccanica Pompe
officially and successfully launched
its new remote witnessing system
late March 2020 amidst
the Corona Virus pandemic,
which made the traditional
“in person” witnessed test
impossible for an important
UAE contract

Therefore, today’s global customers, on the lookout
for ever-smarter, faster and cheaper solutions, can
simply not ignore a remote witnessed testing
alternative such as Termomeccanica Pompe’s.
First and foremost, it is important to highlight that the
new remote testing system TMP has implemented is
an integral part of its Quality Management System
and is therefore in full compliance with the company’s
testing standards, guaranteeing customers the same
level of reliability.
TMP and its customer start by defining all practical
details of the remote testing such as the date and
the execution methodology. TMP then arranges for a
secure dedicated “virtual room” that allows its
partner to participate in the performance test in
remote mode, i.e. checking the conformity of the
test circuit to the test procedure through the display
of the system lay-out drawings, interacting “live”
oday, saving time, resources and
costs is of the essence to our
customers and partners. This is why
Termomeccanica Pompe has recently
developed a new remote witnessed
T testing system allowing customers to
attend the performance tests of their contract
pumping units “virtually” instead of “in person”. Such
system has proven quite useful in this time when
travel is particularly restricted due to the Corona Virus
pandemic.
Witnessed testing is a key procedure established by
customers to ensure that the equipment purchased
from a vendor is in full compliance with contractual
specifications. In Termomeccanica Pompe’s case,
acceptance testing is mostly related to hydraulic Web camera view of pump being tested

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