Catalina Cylinder Corporation manufactured high-pressure aluminum cylinders until December of 1991. In the crown forming operation of the manufacturing process, flame heat was used to heat the end of the product prior to forming the crown of the cylinder. After the...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Canada’s Transport Canada (TC) require that cylinders made in compliance to their specifications be marked on the crown with certain information. Over the years the format used by Catalina Cylinders and Catalina East...
Catalina Cylinders recommends the following care and maintenance of SCUBA cylinder to minimize corrosion. Daily Corrosion Maintenance Never fill a cylinder with wet or contaminated air. SCUBA cylinders must be thoroughly rinsed off with fresh water after each dive...
In CGA pamphlet C-6.1, Standards for Visual Inspection of High Pressure Aluminum Compressed Gas Cylinders, it states in section 4.2 that cuts or digs are acceptable to the following limits: Unknown wall thickness, maximum dig = .031″ deep Known wall thickness,...
All scuba cylinders should be subjected to an annual visual inspection under normal use. A cylinder subjected to an average of one fill a day or more is considered a cylinder subjected to high use. A cylinder subjected to high use should be visually inspected, both...
