Photos of a shop after a storage cylinder went kaboom...a lot bigger than a scuba tank and a lot more damage...
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I'm curious, too. What causes this to happen?
I'm curious, too. What causes this to happen?
There were long discussions in the tank forum about sustained load cracking (SLC) and their occurence in a certain type of alloy (SP6498). The discussions focused on how certain shops wouldn't fill the tanks etc vs the large number of tanks of the stated alloy that didn't burst. anyway, measures currently exist that can reduce the risk of this occurence (like eddy visualization).
Check out the tank forums for more info.
Photos of a shop after a storage cylinder went kaboom...a lot bigger than a scuba tank and a lot more damage...
I walk up, he's sitting outside the shop on the tank with a chain wrench around the cylinder and a monster pipe wrench on the valve - turning it about 1/16 of a turn at the time - really straining - I ask what he's doing -said somebody brought tank in and the valve was damaged - wouldn't open or close - I asked if it had air in it - he said NOPE and kept turning - I left (bad feeling) - came back about an hour later - busy shop was empty - he's sitting trying to drink a cup of coffee and shaking - said tank valve got about 1/2 way out and blew - it was in pieces - tank hit a cinder block wall, bounced off that, hit a huge oak tree - bounced of that and headed out over the marsh - I found it about 150 yds away and buried in the mud... fortunately it was pointed away from the shop when it 'left" - said it sounded like the artillery he heard when he was in Korea... (I have photos!).