Tank explodes in Madrid

[SlartyBartFast]

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[hitech]

Thank you for the reply. Very interesting information.

[Beemer]

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http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/...t=64031&page=4 Post 54

Flow restricted filling

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Hi,
the fill panels used by H PAC are fitted with flow restrictors to fill your cylinders at a rate agreed between Bauer and the cylinder manufacturers, if you wish to fill slower release the lever for a few seconds, especially when filling from empty, as for water cooling as in the dive industry well it wouldnt work very well as carbon does not have very good heat transfer properties unlike a steel dive cylinder.
The yellow panels we sometimes use allow you to decide the fill rate but are more open to abuse and possible flash fills so untill they are modified they are in retirement.
As leaders in the filling industry we have taken steps to educate the end user as to the does and donts of filling, these will become public knowledge soon and will be enforced at Paris and all events we supply.
A little more care is reqd and our sport will grow safely.
Any questions can be answered at events.

Trevor

Whats the safe fill rate in the scuba world?

http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=28777

Ultimate Air Fill Station

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H-PAC working with Bauer UK (SAS) have completed their state of the art mobile air fill station, this is based on an articulated vehicle purpose built to promote the sport of paintball and give the ultimate air fill station for your events, this is suitable for events of up to 200 x 7 man teams, using the fill tables designed by H-PAC for high speed delivery of up to 4500psi fills safely.
Air is supplied to breathing air spec and unit is fully certified.
This unit will go anywhere in Europe and is availiable for hire with trained operators, please contact us on 0044 902 494988 for rates and availiability.
Unit will be at the UKPSF trade fair after supplying the air at the UKs premier Indoor Event the Zap European Indoor on 7/8th Feb.
H-PAC supply and install full site systems to the UK paintball Industry and are sole Bauer compressor suppliers to the UK paintball market.
For safe air delivery at your events why settle for less,use the ultimate team H-PAC and Bauer compressors, after all unsafe air delivery and quality will damage your markers and your reputation.

Meets breathing air specs, I want some.

[SlartyBartFast]

as for water cooling as in the dive industry well it wouldnt work very well as carbon does not have very good heat transfer properties unlike a steel dive cylinder.

And water cooling is useless for SCUBA as well.

I've posted numerous links in other threads on filling HPA cylinders....

[Sam5992]

I know that many players think that filling an Air system in "no big deal"
but according to the NSERA and APL {paintball specific Insurance} Only trained and certified staff are to perform air fills.

is that a law? Or just a suggestion? Because paintball places can be very persnickity about insurance. I dont blame them either, but i cant believe they dont care about something like that. Filling is not hard, but if you screw around you could hurt yourself or someone....

why did he/she put lube on the fill nipple?

[Beemer]

why did he/she put lube on the fill nipple?

Best guess was to try and seal a leak[o-ring] or a sticking pin.

[Beemer]

www.millennium-series.comwww.SmartParts.com

So there you go peeps. The message is loud and clear; please be safe when you're filling up and make sure that oil and compressed air systems are never mixed together. Look out for this month's issue of PGi where there will be a full run-down on Paintball safety...

http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=65873

http://www.spirit-of-paint.com/viewtopic.php?t=17665&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

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