Horizontal Acetylene Cylinder on Salvage Squad

[outofthefire]

In case anyone is really bored

http://www.boconline.co.uk/internet.lg.lg.gbr/en/images/tg-8364-acetylene410_39655.pdf?v=5.0

 

[Shox Dr]

In case anyone is really bored

http://www.boconline.co.uk/internet.lg.lg.gbr/en/images/tg-8364-acetylene410_39655.pdf?v=5.0

7.2 is the relevant section

 

[hotrodder]

And simpler/makes more sense than the settling times mentioned in https://www.boconline.co.uk/internet.lg.lg.gbr/en/images/Facts-about-acetylene410_262700.pdf?v=2.0 (pg4 / far right of pg3)

 

[Shox Dr]

I was taught, One hours rest per hour laid down, plus one.

 

[hotrodder]

I was probably told something similar or that it needs to rest upright for at least as long as is spent on its side. The kapok / agamassan / whatever is used for the porous filler these days completely fills the cylinder apart from a small space at the top and maybe a core hole below the valve? Might be making the core hole thing up or it might not be done like that anymore and if/when it was might have had a seperate filler material/filter stuffed into it?
A fixed time to ensure things have settled makes more sense to me than it being directly related to time spent laying down

 

[WorkshopChris]

When we used to go out on maintenance jobs with mobile workshop kit. If we took a big acetylene cylinder the only space was laying down, so use to take a second small flame pack cylinder kept upright that could be use as soon as we arrived while the big cylinder was resting.