[RASMB] torque strength with Al centerpieces

[John Correia]

A rather fundamental aspect of torquing a cell assembly that appears to be overlooked or not learned by new users is the fact that you must tighten & release, tighten and release at least three times.  The ring slips for the 1st 2-3 torques and thus you do not obtain the target lbs until you stop slipping.  This alone may help to prevent cell leakage.
 
 
 
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>>> "Karen Fleming" <Karen.Fleming at jhu.edu> 11/16/05 9:34 AM >>>

We have a user here who is having leakage problems with some Aluminum 
2-sector centerpieces. We're using sapphire windows, so has anyone had 
any experience torquing these cells to 130 or 140? Would this damage 
the centerpieces? I know that charcoal-epon centerpieces can be torqued 
higher, but they are not an option for this experiment at the moment.
-Karen F.
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