[TheForge] heavy metal math/c frame press

Tue Nov 25 16:27:00 2003

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> The real danger is from a smaller leak that
> causes a misting flow of the hydraulic oil -- which that comes in=20
> contact with the hot metal being worked and causes a fire / explosion=20
> of the mist cloud.  Hydraulic oil in liquid form is quite safe but in=20
> mist form it is much more like a gas.
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A small diameter stream, under great pressure can cut you in half.  I
remember stories of repairmen walking through a steam room with a broom
waved in front of them.  The steam stream would cut the broom handle =
instead
of their bodies<G>.

There are several companies that use liquid streams to cut things.