making a scuba tank

December 1, 2009 on 12:34 pm | In Scuba | 25 Comments


cool video and how they make aluminum scuba tanks; that i niked off the ERD CD

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  1. lol

    Comment by ikweetnietook — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  2. Needs a mans voice, not a girl.

    Comment by dithbmine1 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  3. I watched 1:14 to 1:34 8 times..amazing.

    Comment by transdrole — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  4. breathing gas? you mean “air”

    Comment by CheckThisOutFoo — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  5. Usually it is steel. I have more details and a reference if you want to know.

    Don’t get me wrong, aluminum is a fantastic metal. Wonderfully light.

    Comment by Kingzoid — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  6. A brand new 80 cubic foot aluminum costs about USD$170.

    Comment by andygray — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  7. Ali tanks are usually limited to 207 bar, with steel they come in between 232 bar and 300 bar, so that a few more hundred litres of air.

    Comment by unclepeter99 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  8. this is an interesting process.

    Can you hold more breathing gas with an aluminum or steel tank, given that both tanks are the same in volume?

    Comment by soccom8341576 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  9. Very interesting. But some comments on the hydrostatic testing are slightly off. They use water in the tank because water is incompressible. They fill the tank with water and apply 5/3 the maximum working pressure (around 250bar if I remember correctly, so about 420bar) The tank flexes out with the pressure and when pressure is relieved the tank must return to within acceptable proximity of it’s original volume. If it does not it is deemed not safe enough for use and removed from circulation.

    Comment by azjustaz — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  10. They are mostly made with machines, the only man working is transporting and testing.

    Comment by 1995lay — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  11. Back where it all begins

    Comment by HawaiiScubaTV — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  12. Supply and demand…. HIgher supply than demand forcing the price down.

    Comment by a2m4m60 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  13. Its very interesting to see them test them. They use water for testing for the main reason if the vessel would rupture the compressed air/gass would be very dangerous and expand and cause a exposion. With water the breach just makes a poping sound and simply leaks out of the rupture with like no pressure behind it. The pressurising unit also shuts down quickly once it happens.

    Comment by kermit30au — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  14. Nope, these are aluminium, didn’t’ you watch the vid? Or read the description?

    Comment by Slugsie1 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  15. they are maid of meld steal, witch is a cheep steal. and they make so many.

    Comment by singful — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  16. WOW! What a long process. How can they be so cheap???

    Comment by christian31121974 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  17. I’m going to have to watch this again when I’m not so tired so I understand hyrdostatic testing.

    Comment by riparianlife97701 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  18. cool video.
    I’d like to see more videos like this.
    God Bless…
    Randall M. Rueff

    Comment by RandallMRueff — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  19. Great video. I always wondered how they made tanks. Now I can wonder no more. Thanks :)

    Comment by bcason123 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  20. i just got my chatcam working!!! msg me on msn me jane22fall z

    Comment by 27459706 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  21. Awesome vid.

    Comment by TheLightningStalker — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  22. crosscountrygirl28
    you are a bad cock head

    Comment by spaff61 — Tuesday, December 1, 2009 #

  23. The coolest part was stamping on the info around the tank. Really neat apparatus; simple, cheap, effective.

    Comment by alancj05 — Wednesday, December 2, 2009 #

  24. THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER!!! BUT I LOVE MY MOM AND DON’T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES! If? you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hourS

    Comment by crosscountrygirl28 — Wednesday, December 2, 2009 #

  25. Here i thought the plant i work at making these is interesting!This is cool!Wonna hire me?

    Comment by billleeboy — Wednesday, December 2, 2009 #

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