Sanitary Disc Can Be Pressurized Up To 95% Of Rated Burst Pressure

Continental Disc Corp. announces the release of its newest sanitary disc, the Sanitrx HPX rupture disc.  The Sanitrx HPX rupture disc is a scored reverse- acting rupture disc that can be pressurized from full vacuum up to 90% or 95% of the rated (marked) burst pressure under normal operating conditions. This high-precision rupture disc offers proven performance in excess of a quarter million cycles.

Sanitrx is a differential pressure-relief device that provides an instantaneous full-open, non-reclosing design for protecting equipment, vessels, systems and people from overpressure conditions.

Highly versatile and offered in a wide range of burst pressures, materials and sizes, the Sanitrx is designed specifically for the pharmaceutical, biotech and food and beverage industries. With a response time in milliseconds, this rupture disc meets all ASME BPE criteria, including a surface finish of 20 Ra microinch or better and a solid metal construction providing cleanability for CIP/SIP applications.

Sanitrx includes sanitary, environmentally friendly and non-toxic packaging and is available in the customer’s option of zero, -5% and -10% manufacturing ranges.