The air tank is an old spent fire extinguisher ... out that his solder paste applicator needed about 8 bar (116 psi) of pressure. The refrigerator compressor easily handles that, filling the ...

That means compressed air, and that means a pressure vessel. Since just about everything else on this robot is 3D printed, they asked the obvious question. Is it possible to 3D print a tank for ...

WHEN TWA FLIGHT 800 EXPLODED OFF THE COAST of Long Island in 1996, many people suspected a terrorist bomb or missile. Federal investigators, however, focused on a more mundane source for the ...

SAG Alutech, a company of the Salzburger Aluminium Group, is Europe’s leading supplier of aluminium fuel tanks and air pressure tanks for heavy trucks and special markets. Its Euromotive business unit ...

When the gasoline in the tank reaches the hole in the nozzle, the pressure changes because gasoline is different from air. That increase in pressure causes the membrane that allows gas to flow ...