HPX Burst-149

Engineered to Fail

Engineered to fail. It sounds preposterous! Imagine a car company boldly asserting that they’ve engineered their vehicles to break down. Consider the ramifications of a Personal Computer maker revealing that their computers were designed to crash. Engineering for failure, simply put is not a sound business strategy, except when it comes to rupture discs (also known as bursting discs) used …

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High Demand Applications

Continental Disc Corporation’s SANITRX HPX® Rupture Discs: High Performance Sanitary Protection Since 1965, Continental Disc Corporation has consistently led the industry in the design and manufacture of innovative, high-quality rupture disc (bursting disc) devices employed in a range of process industries worldwide. These applications include chemical, petrochemical, and petroleum refining, pharmaceutical, beverage, food and dairy, aerospace and electronics industries—to name …

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Still Cycling to the Limits

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” The rupture disc, on the contrary, is measured one successful cycle at a time. And in that equal but opposite light, the rupture disc mirrors life. After being tested to its absolute limits, the rupture disc still emerges as the …