exploding plastic storage tanks

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

I would agree... however the case I saw up at LSR (and prompted me starting this thread) was not due to a manufacturing defect - it was due to improper use and handling by the team.

From what I've seen of plastics in general, I'm not aware of any that could be use in this application that wouldn't have a similar failure mode. Then again, I'm a software engineer and not a chemist or material scientist. Still, it worries me.

I understand that point, I also understand that we need to better train teams to the dangers of pneumatics and for them to properly care for their equipment. The team in this case was operating illegally since the screw had to damage the air tank and thus modify it. There is a reason for this blue box in the manual.

Do not, for example, paint, file, machine, or abrasively remove any part of a pneumatic COMPONENT – this would cause the part to become a prohibited item. Consider pneumatic COMPONENTS sacred.

My point is that the PneuAir tanks have been in use on FRC robots longer than the Clippard tanks and I have never (doesn't mean it hasn't happened) heard of one of them failing do to misuse or defect.