I don't understand the point about the pressure vessel. It was never supposed to operate above 4 PSIC anyway, so why is the company obliged to test the modification all the way up to 12? And if it...
I don't understand the point about the pressure vessel. It was never supposed to operate above 4 PSIC anyway, so why is the company obliged to test the modification all the way up to 12? And if it was certified to hold up to 12, then would the gasket have blown out anyway once enough solvent was vaporised?
EDIT: You know what, in retrospect this is a bad comment.
People are never supposed to crash their cars. Why should car manufacturers have seatbelts or crumple zones? No one is supposed to catch their kitchen on fire. Why should we require smoke alarms...
People are never supposed to crash their cars. Why should car manufacturers have seatbelts or crumple zones? No one is supposed to catch their kitchen on fire. Why should we require smoke alarms or fire escapes?
If you only secure things to the point at which they're supposed to operate, you're failing to prepare for things to go wrong. That's the whole point of safety tolerances, automatic warnings, and built-in emergency plans.
I don't understand the point about the pressure vessel. It was never supposed to operate above 4 PSIC anyway, so why is the company obliged to test the modification all the way up to 12? And if it was certified to hold up to 12, then would the gasket have blown out anyway once enough solvent was vaporised?
EDIT: You know what, in retrospect this is a bad comment.
People are never supposed to crash their cars. Why should car manufacturers have seatbelts or crumple zones? No one is supposed to catch their kitchen on fire. Why should we require smoke alarms or fire escapes?
If you only secure things to the point at which they're supposed to operate, you're failing to prepare for things to go wrong. That's the whole point of safety tolerances, automatic warnings, and built-in emergency plans.