I am looking at paintball stuff and see there is a burst disc for the CO2 cylinders or marker(gun), anyone know what it does?
2007-09-03 15:35:57 · 4 answers · asked by tricksdrummer 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
aka "Unified Burst Disc"
2007-09-03 15:37:38 · update #1
The burst disk is a safety device. If your tank reaches too high a pressure, the burst disk will break and all the gas in your cylinder will vent in a controlled manner. Without a burst disk, the pressure could build up so high in the event something went wrong - like overfilling - that the whole thing could explode and injure someone.
2007-09-03 15:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by millercommamatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The burst disk is the safety valve with one big difference. While the safety valve will open and close to control the pressure inside a vessel, the bursting disk will open "burst" to release all the pressure. Once the bursting disk operates it must be replaced.
2007-09-06 12:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of pressure vessels, (tanks cylinders etc) will have a section the is designed to rupture in the event of an over pressurization. This is so they know when and where the failure will be.
2007-09-03 15:41:24 · answer #3 · answered by Jon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-03 15:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by Will 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋