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[mahvkm]

Please confirm that Partial stroke testing (PST) facility needs to be provided for these valves.

 

[emsr2d2]

Please confirm that Partial stroke testing (PST) facility needs to be provided for these valves.

I have no idea about the actual meaning of this (medical?) but:

1) If the acronym is PST (capitals) then the full phrase would be Partial Stroke Testing.

2) The question is whether or not a particular facility is needed, therefore you need an article: "Please confirm that A PST facility......."

3) Valves? Something medical? Heart valves? If so, you do not provide a whole facility for just one person's medical problem. If this relates to one individual case, then I would say "Please confirm that a Partial Stroke Test is required (means the same as "needs to be provided") for/on these valves."

 

[Raymott]

Please confirm that Partial stroke testing (PST) facility needs to be provided for these valves.

"ESD valve partial stroke testing (PST) is a method whereby a portion of the valve assembly is tested at a more frequent interval than the full test rate. In simple words: an accelerated (partial) proof test."

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Don't capitalise Partial.
Are you asking whether PST needs to be done, or whether a PST facility needs to be available?
If the former:
"Please confirm that partial stroke testing (PST) needs to be provided for these valves."

If the latter, you need to rephrase it:
"Please confirm that a partial stroke testing (PST) facility needs to be available for these valves."

 

[stanislaw.masny]

Please confirm that Partial stroke testing (PST) facility needs to be provided for these valves.

Dear mahvkm
PST provide a measure of confidence that the valve is not stuck in one position. But PST is not panacea for failures in safety of related valves.
I think that we need to know, for instance, emergency shut down (ESD),
or, mean time between failure (MTBF).
I understood that you want to know if you need the mentioned facility.
If I am mistaken, please formulate your question again.
Thank you for the question.
Regards. S.M.