Can you lay down acetylene bottles

Where i used to work we had a small set. One day i took them to a job and they had been laying down. When i fired up the torch the acetone dripped from the torch and was burning in a pile on the floor, but it was fine after awhile I've transported hundreds of bottles of acetylene and have always layed them down.

I've also stood them up and immedietly put them into service and have never had acetone leak from the tip. Until I started reading this board I had never heard you were supposed to wait to put it into service.

I think it might be a good idea to wait though. I live on the edge anyway because I don't drain my hoses and back my regulaters off either. I have said this before, and it is worth repeating, I don't tug on Superman's Cape.

I follow the rules. Just because someone may have run bottles on their side for 10 years and had no issues does not mean that some day, this ops luck is going to run out. Can you break this rule? Why would you? I don't have to stop at train crossings even when I hear a train approaching, but I do. I'ts in my best interest to follow the rules!

You certainly CAN transport c2h2 bottles on their side. I do it all the time. My welding shop even helps me load them and has no issues with the transport. So, 30 minutes on the side, 1 hour upright before firing the torch.

It's just a safety margin issue they are trying to convey to us, the operators. Not saying it's right, but I have an old iron worker buddy that lays it down in the back of his pick-up, and uses it that way. I use propane, so I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking! Originally Posted by Meltedmetal.

If you must lay acetylene bottle down in a truck for transport, it must be stood up an equal amount of time for acetone to settle. Originally Posted by Kelvin. So if an acetylene bottle lies on its side for a week in a truck, it has to sit upright for a week before using it?

Why would you transport it laying down? It's much safer to strap it upright to the headache rack in the first place. Originally Posted by rexcormack. I outsource all of my cylinder hauling to these guys. However, they do carry the acetylene bottles in a vertical position. Seems legit. Originally Posted by Pipeliner. Dave J. Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. The acetylene tank must be upright for a period of time before use.

Bolt cutters? No, I got a bad feeling about this Something about acetylene and not exceeding a 45 degree angle with the tank.. DO NOT use acetylene in the horizontal position. And if it's been laying down for a while stand it up and let it sit that way for a little while before you even think about opening the valve.

Oxygen you can use however you like. There is going to be fire everywhere if you do that. Admittedly I have only a little experience with oxy-acetylene welding, but IIRC if an acetylene tank is transported in the horizontal position it is supposed to be restored to the vertical position for a certain amount of time before using it.

The acetylene tank is shorter and I can stand it up in the truck bed. How long would you recommend it be vertical before use? I have a camper shell on the truck so the oxygen tank is too tall to stand up. Bolt cutters not a option. My health isn't great and I do not think I have the strenght to manhandle a large pair of cutters if I could find some to borrow. PS- If no one has a answer to time lenght in the vertical position I'll phone the place I buy the re-fills.

I was curious about this. Acetylene tank must be left vertical for the same amount of time it was laying down or 1hour. Witch ever is less. They range in size from 10 to almost cuft capacity. The cylinders contain a porous filler material which is wetted with acetone that allows the Acetylene to safely be contained in the cylinder at psig. Free software for calculating bolt circles and similar: Click Here.

IIRC even a hard knock can potentially "set one off", particularly if the acetone or core is damaged. I keep all my bottles upright, Even the argon for my welder, Because having the valve at ground height would make it a LOT easyer to drop something on it or smash something into it without looking. I sure would love to have it tucked under my welder on a cart, but its just not safe.. Not to mention, With the regulator down there, id never remember to shut the dang thing off.

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This is a misunderstanding of the explosive hazard associated with acetylene. Acetylene is a metastable chemical compound. It will spontaneously dissociate under pressures around 30 psi if it isn't in very close contact with stabilizing surfaces.

That dissociation has no dependence on contact with other elements such as oxygen and is not a combustion reaction either. It requires no oxygen to occur and is a high explosive detonation in the same manner as nitroglycerine. The pressure limit of 15 psi is used to provide a safety margin at normal temperatures.