Plant managers are constantly searching for opportunities for increased output, reduced emissions, lower costs and adequate protection for personnel and equipment.

From high tech plants to simple silos, equipment working under pressure may be damaged by non-controlled pressure increases.

Using Fike’s G2 Technology, the Axius rupture disc is manufactured without score tooling.

When tooling is used to create a score line it stresses the material where the tooling has been applied, thus creating an area for potential fatigue and/or failure. The Axius rupture disc has a ‘line of weakness’ on the dome itself. There are no stress zones that can fatigue and no tool marks on the process side of the rupture disc, making this the only 95percent operating ratio disc with a completely smooth process surface.

This allows the Axius to deliver higher operating ratios without chemical build-up and better protection of the production process.

The Axius rupture disc is available in corrosion-resistant materials and has the tightest tolerances available. The Axius can also operate without fatigue from full vacuum, up to a 95percent operating ratio in excess of 50000 times.

Fike Corporation is based in Blue Springs, MO, USA. www.fike.com