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John Felbaum
Stephanie Puente

Hydrostatic Requalification

One of the most common methods of testing high pressure gas cylinders in the United States and Canada is a water jacket hydrostatic test. This test consists of filling and pressurizing a tube with water inside of a water filled jacket. [embed]https://youtu.be/JZi9WKqFC64[/embed] ...
Posted: Posted on December 21, 2021

DOT’s New Rule - Safer Transportation Without PRD

A new ruling saying pressure relief devices (PRDs) are no longer compulsory on hydrogen tube trailers with cylinders longer than 12 feet is being hailed as greatly improving the safe transportation of the gas in the US and Canada. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin...
Posted: Posted on June 23, 2021

Anti Rotation Pinning of Pressure Vessels

Tube pinning is a process FIBA uses to prevent tubes from rotating within their assemblies. The majority of tubes used in tube trailers, ISO containers, and ground storage assemblies are mounted in bulkheads. Tubes are held in the bulkheads by external threads machined onto the t...
Posted: Posted on June 22, 2018

U.S. DOT Special Permit Regulations

What is a special permit? A special permit is a document issued by the Associate Administrator or Secretary of Transportation of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) permitting a person (see below definition of a person) to perform a function that is not otherwise...
Posted: Posted on January 22, 2018

Selection of Methods for Requalification of Compressed Gas Cylinders and Tubes

Q.  What does requalification mean? A.  Requalification means the completion of a visual inspection and/or the test(s) required to be performed on a cylinder to determine its suitability for continued service.”  Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 (Transportation) Part 180...
Posted: Posted on January 22, 2018

Internal Cleanliness of Steel Vessels for High Purity Applications

Many steel pressure vessels are utilized for the global shipment of electronic-grade gases, such as silane, NF3, HCl and N2O, which are used for the manufacturing of semiconductor materials. The purity of this gas is paramount to semiconductor quality because impurities can be de...
Posted: Posted on January 22, 2018

UPDATE: Fill Pressure in Hydrogen Service

NOTE:  DOT regulatory changes require the March 25, 2013 posting to be updated. SP No Longer Required for 10% Overfill in Hydrogen Service As noted in a prior blog, FIBA manufactures 3AA ton containers and 3AAX tubes. By DOT definition, both are cylinders. Both containers are su...
Posted: Posted on January 22, 2018

Composite Gas Trailers

FIBA Technologies is blazing a path to the future with new lightweight compressed gas trailers using aerospace grade carbon fibers and advanced polymers. The result is the ability to reduce fleet sizes by carrying more gas and less steel with high capacity, lightweight compressed...
Posted: Posted on June 22, 2018

Cylinder Ultrasonic Examination

DOT pressure vessels (cylinders) require periodic inspections to evaluate the integrity and safety of each vessel. After years in use, it is important that authorized holders of a Requalification Identification Number (RIN) conduct a thorough examination of each vessel. Two non-d...
Posted: Posted on January 22, 2018

Oxygen Cleaning Services

Risks Associated with Oxygen-Enriched Environments Cleaning for oxygen service, or oxygen cleaning, is the process of contaminant removal from components to be used in oxygen service.  An enriched oxygen environment (defined by OSHA as greater than 23.5% oxygen by volume) signif...
Posted: Posted on January 22, 2018

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