Burst Disk

Basics

• Essentially a mechanically engineered failure point
• It consists of a pipe fitting(need better word) with anything from metal foil (small vacuum cannons, etc), all the way to meticulously designed sheet metal, that will break in a semi-controlled manner once a pressure is used
• Due to the destructive/non-reusable manner of them, they are usually not used as the primary saftey measure over a Pressure Relief Valve , but are a simple backup that is nearly impossible to not work