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Re: Safety Alert please read!

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Originally Posted by ftc3799 View Post
.....During robot testing today we had a catastrophic failure of two of the new Clippard Air Tanks simultaneously. Luckily no one was seriously hurt. We had them pressurized to approx. 110 psi and during leak checking they blew apart into small shards ........
2 tanks burst at the same time? What was the 'leak checking' procedure? (tightening fittings or spraying soap?)

Were the tanks connected together with a common brass fitting, or a flexible hose between them?
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