18-07-2009, 21:55
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Re: pic: T Shirt Shooting Robot
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Originally Posted by gallo26
Normally with PVC you will hear the air leak, normally with anything with air pressure. The tank would have to be instantly filled up to pressure to cause it to explode.
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Any time pressure is released, an air tank is instantly being applied pressure on all surfaces equal to the air pressure inside the reservoir. So this instant fill up... happens every time the gun is fired.
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But if no one notices the air leak, and you continue to fill up (though it WOULD be slower) you can and probably will experience the failure.
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Except PVC doesn't have a "leak" warning. It fails instantly and catastrophically.
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