Thursday 21 March 2013

Importance Of Relying On Cylinder Valves

By Christi Larsen


The field of engineering is characterized by use of many tools and equipments. Such tools like cylinder valves help in making work easier. In these industries you are likely to find containers filled with gas acetylene and oxygen which are used for heating and joining metals.

The oxygen container is painted black on surface while the acetylene container is painted maroon. The containers have regulators which help in controlling the amount of gas leaving the container. This helps in one to obtain the correct flame when welding or heating.

Not all metallic materials are very suitable for the design or manufacture of a gas tank regulator. Specifically, the amounts of pressure and chemical content inside the tank act as determinants. They are often the main factors which determine the kind of metal use in making the various parts of it.

Some metals such as ordinary steel and iron cannot be used to make the regulators. It is due to the fact that they are affected by atmospheric conditions. Therefore become rusty over a very short period of time.

Many researches that have been carried out have shown that less active metals such as brass and various metal alloys are best in the making the various parts of regulators.The regulators are made of very strong metals. It aims at resisting the pressure of the gases and which cannot corrode easily or react with the substance in use.

It is made of many sizes and shapes according to where they fit and their purpose. Not all are made of metal as you can also find plastic ones. Cooking gas containers also contains regulators which help to choose the type of flame one needs for cooking.

These are not only found in found in gas containers. You can also find regulators in water pipes and also in cars. Water pipes regulators are used to control the flow and amount of water passing through pipes.

In the mechanical point of view the container head gives room to them. It also does the same to the other different components that operate the regulator train such as the push rods, springs rocker arms, camshafts and lifters. In cars they are designed to sustain pressure and heat produced during the combustion process as the pistons operate inside the container.

They range from type of the car make and size. However problems may arise with worn out container head. The camshafts, regulator rockers and arms may become too noisy regulator springs may weaken and regulator seals and regulator cover gaskets may also leak due to be worn out. Problems in the here lead to leakage of fluids thus causing the engine to loosen and compress. A car engines gets damaged in cases where head gaskets are blown. This blowing creates pressure in coolants.

Due to these problems either wear or corrosion a need might arise to replace them. It is quite a long process and does need a person who is well trained to handle it. The process involves drilling out the old ones and fitting in the new ones. The container regulators should be taken care of and regularly lubricated to avoid corrosion and wear by using cylinder valves.




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