HAZARD
RISK of Bursting
Air Tank: The air tank on your compressor is designed and may be UM coded [for units with air tanks greater than 6" (152.4 mm) diameter] according to ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 rules. All pressure vessels should be inspected once every two years. To find your state pressure vessels inspector, look under the Division of Labor and Industries in the government section of a phone book .
The following conditions could lead to a weakening of the air tank, and result in a violent air tank explosion:
| What can happen | How to prevent it |
• Failure to properly drain con- | • Drain air tank daily or after each use. | |
| densed water from air tank, | If air tank develops a leak, replace it |
| causing rust and thinning of the | immediately with a new air tank or |
| steel air tank. | replace the entire compressor. |
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• | Modifications or attempted | • Never drill into, weld, or make any modi- |
| repairs to the air tank. | fications to the air tank or its attach- |
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| ments. Never attempt to repair a dam- |
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| aged or leaking air tank. Replace with a |
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| new air tank. |
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• | Unauthorized modifications to | • The air tank is designed to withstand |
| the safety valve or any other | specific operating pressures. Never |
| components which control air | make adjustments or parts substitutions |
| tank pressure. | to alter the factory set operating pres- |
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| sures. |
Attachments & accessories: |
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| • Exceeding the pressure rat- | • Follow the equipment manufacturers |
| ing of air tools, spray guns, | recommendation and never exceed |
| air operated accessories, | the maximum allowable pressure |
| tires, and other inflatables | rating of attachments. Never use |
| can cause them to explode | compressor to inflate small low pres- |
| or fly apart, and could result | sure objects such as children’s toys, |
| in serious injury. | footballs, basketballs, etc. |
Tires: |
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• Over inflation of tires could | • Use a tire pressure gauge to check the | |
| result in serious injury and | tires pressure before each use and while |
| property damage. | inflating tires; see the tire sidewall for |
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| the correct tire pressure. |
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| NOTE: Air tanks, compressors and similar |
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| equipment used to inflate tires can fill small |
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| tires similar to these very rapidly. Adjust |
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| pressure regulator on air supply to no more |
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| than the rating of the tire pressure. Add air in |
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| small increments and frequently use the tire |
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| gauge to prevent over inflation. |
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