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explosion ofan air tank in a Milwaukee laundry. The tank was used in con-junction with a motor-driven air compressor and had as pro-tective devices not only a safety valve set to relieve at 80 lbs. but alsoa motor cut-out adjusted to function automatically at a pressure of5 lbs. under that limit.… … Figure 1 The tank was 36 in diameter, 6 ft. long, and was made of jiplate with double riveted lap joints. Its lower head, however, had atsome time been replaced with a shallow, skirtless head fastened inplace by welding. The explosion occurred when the weld materialsheared and permitted the…
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