The nature of how Acetylene is stored in cylinders often requires that the manifold have more cylinder capacity than would be required for an Oxygen or Inert gas. Each cylinder can continuously flow 1/10th of the cylinder content. The risk of not having an adequate number of acetylene cylinders is that acetone is drawn out of the cylinder and equipment damage can occur. Use the calculator below to determine the number of acetylene cylinders needed for the manifold system. Enter your application usage parameters in steps 1 & 2 to instantly generate required configurations.
Selecting the correct size Acetylene Manifold
Application
Number of Stations
Flowrate at Each Station (scfh)
Total Gas per Hour
Total Acetylene Used per Hour
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Number of Hours Workstations are Operated per Day
Number of Days per Week Workstations are Operated
Total Cubic Feet Used per Week
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250 Cu. Ft.
397 Cu. Ft.
420 Cu. Ft.
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Acetylene
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Weekly Usage
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Required Size of Cylinder Capacity Recommendation
Number of Cylinders required for 1 week capacity to sustain flow requirements (1/10 rule). Typical installations have at least 2 weeks of cylinder capacity.
Warning: The demand capacity exceeds standard chart metrics (greater than 15 cylinders required). Please verify inputs or contact application support engineering.
