History & Technology
Development

The development of the CARGATE Tunnel was born from the need for automobile manufacturers to find new ways to test automobiles for wind or water leaks in seals without causing damage.

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The Challenge

When Gayle, Incorporated took on the challenge of developing an alternative leak detection system in the year 2001, they knew the solution to the problem had to meet certain automotive industry requirements.

Up until now, the automobile industry used water booths to test for leaks. There are major drawbacks to using water test booths.

Water Booth Drawbacks:

• expensive to operate
• expensive to maintain
• cause damage to automobile inventories
• unpleasant and possibly unhealthy odors

So, auto manufacturers began looking for a way to reduce the cost of testing for leaking seals using traditional water tests, and find new ways to collect data that might be used to improve design and production processes.

The new system had to meet the auto industry’s following requirements:

• Be Non-Invasive / Non-Destructive to vehicles
• Easy to Use for Production and Management Personnel
• Easy to install and integrate into existing production manufacturing lines
• Provide management and production workers with comprehensive reporting to identify leaks on the line, and further provide management with the data to analyze design and manufacturing processes that could improve car and seal design
• Less expensive to operate and maintain

Gayle Technologies, Inc. met and surpassed the system requirements challenge of the automotive industry in their design of the CARGATE Tunnel leak detection system.