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Hydro testing of air compressor tank?

rons

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Mar 5, 2009
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California, USA
Does a standard test operation clean out any accumulated junk in the bottom. A horizontal tank will have a lot if the tank was sitting level for a long
time. So the question is:

Is the junk cleaned out before, during, after, or never? If never does this affect the test?
 
If you need a certificate,or the tank stamped with an authority,then any boiler test company can do an onsite hydrotest to whatever standard the relevant code requires,and stamp the tank.Nowdays ,the tank will also be ultrasonically tested for thickness,as part of the inspection......This will generally mean it will be sandblasted inside to bare metal,to facilitate the visual inspection.
 








 
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