To increase equipment safety and reliability, novel rupture disk technology from BS&B Safety Systems activates at a set burst pressure, but can “breathe” to relieve minor pressure fluctuations.
In industry, one-time-use rupture disks have long provided pressure relief on hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, serving as an effective passive safety mechanism to protect against potentially damaging overpressure or vacuum conditions. Each disk is typically designed to burst, rapidly changing from a leak-tight seal to a full diameter flow opening when a predetermined over or under pressure event occurs. At that point, the rupture disk needs to be replaced.