As mentioned in this blogs header area, Cold Test is usually a step in our procedures for repairing liquid cylinders. Well, I felt it would be a complete injustice if I did not, at some point, explain the blogs namesake, and I figured now was as good a time as any to do it.
Okay, first, lets talk about liquid cylinders themselves. What are they, you ask? Well a liquid cylinder, just like a high pressure cylinder is a tool used to move molecules, such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon dioxide. A high pressure cylinder is very simple and can hold molecules almost indefinitely. Liquid cylinders are much more complicated vacuum insulated vessel that can hold more than ten times the amount of molecules a high pressure cylinder can contain. So, basically, liquid cylinders are giant, complicated, expensive thermoses that are used pretty much anywhere for pretty much anything. Pretty neat family business, huh?
Well, the key to these cylinders and their epic abilities is all in their vacuums. If your vacuum goes bad, there goes your product, along with your profits. The vacuum of a liquid cylinder is made in it's annular space,
