Bursting discs are used in many different applications!
Typical applications are:
Pressure relief valves in chemical processes; bursting
discs are often also used in front of safety valves to protect them;
the container bursting discs (both composite and reverse buckling) of
nominal widths 25 to 300 mm are particularly used here
To protect fire extinguishers from exploding when they are
themselves located in the flames; small, flanged bursting discs and
bursting caps are used here
To protect and seal small gas bottles, particularly for
carbon dioxide applications, and welded onto cold gas bottles in airbag
systems
To protect high-pressure pumps during water jet cutting, high-pressure cleaning, high-pressure extraction and similar processes
To protect plastic extruders at high pressures and temperatures
In automotive construction, in addition to the
aforementioned cold gas bottles for airbags, also in modern air
conditioning systems and in high-performance energy stores for hybrid
and electric cars, as well as in valves for the supply of CNG (natural
gas).
For the explosion relief venting of storage tanks or pipes with solvent vapours.
