PCP cylinder testing

[hareng]

More like theres no requirement to test or periodically test a fixed cylinder sub 500cc. To my knowledge no manufacturer tests every cylinder, usually at best a pre production batch sample.
There are only a couple of producers that may test every cylinder they make, all local within 15 mile.

Any dive shop should be able to test the cylinder but will need the attachment to do so.
If they test to IDAS standards most will fail ie operate at 200bar means test to 300bar.

Steels good unless its rusted internally, aluminium no warning. Manufacturers have been putting dispose by dates on usually 10 years purely to cover themselves for the last 12 years or more.

[acmsarh]

After Falcon took over Titan the first off machined gun cylinders were sent to us (MDE) for testing , I set the hydro rig up using the blanks supplied with the cylinders and cycled the first cylinder to 200bar working pressure a number of times and then to test pressure 300bar but it did not get there as at 235 bar one of the blanks blew out across the test room (A mild shock to the system to say the least) , On examination the o'ring seal on the plug was in the wrong place allowing the pressure to act directly on the threads expanding the threads on the cylinder allowing the plug to let go ,The seal should have been at the other end of the blank sealing the threads off from direct pressure ,As the blanks and cylinder sealing areas were to be the same as actual airgun production components all further test's and manufactured components were scrapped as a redesign was needed.