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From: gregc@cimage.com (Greg Cronau/1000000)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Leaks vs. Age
Message-ID: <1990Sep21.142828.15719@cimage.com>
Date: 21 Sep 90 14:28:28 GMT
References: <13622@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> <3250004@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Reply-To: gregc@dgsi.UUCP (Greg Cronau/1000000)
Organization: Cimage Corp, Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <3250004@hpnmdla.HP.COM> vonk@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Steve Vonk) writes:
>I read something about some glass beads being left in some of the valves.
>Does anyone know anything about that?
>
>Steve Vonk

Apparently the main 17 inch Hydrogen feed line disconnect was manufactured at
a plant that also had a manufacturing operation occuring on the other side
of the plant that involved small glass beads. The disconnects became
contaminated with airborne glass beads that scratched the seal surfaces.
This info was posted by someone else on the net a few weeks ago.

gregc@cimage.com