Put our experience to work. Bring us in at any point.
The Nichols Portland Product Development Department is staffed with skilled professionals ready to bring an effective, innovative approach to your project.
Our team offers specialized experience. Over the years, our engineers have been involved in design, testing, prototype fabrication, problem solving, and product validation for a wide range of automotive and industrial applications. In that time we have accumulated a wealth of experience in acoustics/vibration - fluid mechanics - data acquisition - cavitation - instrumentation - system dynamics - pump design - and valving.
And we have fine-tuned our methodology and systems to help you optimize pump performance. Our clients - including Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Harley-Davidson, and Ingersoll-Rand, among others - use our lab as an extension of their own in-house facilities. Our services are timely, costefficient, and confidential.
Ask for our ideas at any point in the product development cycle, or use our services start to finish. We would be happy to design a pump to meet your supplied specifications. We're ready to optimize pump performance, with an iterative cycle of performance testing followed by any necessary design modifications. And we can provide product validation testing to assess the robustness of the design. You'll find a list of engineering services at right. However, we invite you to consider the Nichols Portland Product Development Department your engineering "think tank." Bring us your problems, and goals (such as improving efficiency or reducing manufacturing costs). We'll put both our experience and ingenuity to work!
Call us today at 207-774-6121
| Following is a list of standard services. If you don't see what you need, please ask! We welcome custom work, and our engineering team thrives on unique challenges. | |
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Engineering Services System design Complete pump design Porting design Flow control valve Pressure regulating valve Gear element design Gerotor design Tolerance stack-up analysis Product development testing Engine and transmission spin testing Oil aeration Portable lube flow analyzer (LFA) Displacement determination Performance mapping Durability/duty cycle testing Product validation testing Dynamic response testing Cold start/priming testing Cavitation analysis Strobe/video analysis Acoustic/vibration analysis Simulated high altitude testing |
Fuel pump simulated gasoline testing Measurement parameters Speed Torque - average and instantaneous Pressure - average and instantaneous Volume and mass flow Temperature Viscosity Dimensional Dynamic analysis Sound pressure level (air and fluid) Sound power level Sound intensity Hydraulic pressure ripple Vibration Prototype fabrication Gear elements Pumps - casting Pumps - billet Valves |
As part of Nichols Portland, we have more than a half-century of experience and a background that includes the development of gerotor, vane, spur gear, crescent, and roller vane pumps. Find out what we can design, develop, or test for you! For more information, or to discuss a specific project, please call 207-774-6121. If you prefer, leave an e-mail message at rslessard@parker.com. We look forward to working with you!
Nichols Portland, a Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation
2400 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04102
207-774-6121
FAX 207-774-3601
