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Apparatus for manufacturing rupture disks

US4492103A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 1984
Grant dateJan 8, 1985
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16K17/1606
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved apparatus for manufacturing a rupture disk containing one or more scores or perforations from a sheet metal section comprising the steps of cutting the sheet metal section into a disk, forming a concave-convex dome in the disk by applying pressurized fluid to one side thereof, and then forming one or more scores or perforations in the concave-convex dome of the disk while continuing to apply pressurized fluid thereto.

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