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Safer pneumatic tests?
We are investigating several now. Most of the places we call have no information on how much external pressure is acceptable and at what deformation. We will procure samples and test. budt: We can't use water since the internals contain items that would be harmed by the water (such as...- EJEric
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
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Safer pneumatic tests?
rconner - thanks for th reply. Will check out the OSHA advisories. unclesyd - Thanks. Haven't heard of syntactic foam and will investigate. Ideally, since our diameters are often 100" or greater, we would like to use larger diameter plastic balls. Weight might be a concern if solid. We...- EJEric
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
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Safer pneumatic tests?
New to the forum. We are a custom piping manufacture job shop that at times must perform pneumatic tests. Has anyone ever used or consider a volume displacement "device" to reduce the stored energy? Test pressures are typically below 200 psig but volume can exceed ~ 1000 ft3. We can make...- EJEric
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
