Tippmann FT-12 - Air;CO2 Supply Cylinder Management; Air;CO2 Supply Cylinder Warnings

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Air/CO2 Supply Cylinder Warnings
RefertoFigure4.Therehavebeenreportedincidents
causedbyplayersunknowinglyunscrewingthecylinder
(2)fromthecylindervalve(1).Thisoccurswhenthe
playerthinkstheentirevalve-cylinderassemblyisbeing
unscrewedfromtheair/CO2supplyadaptorofthepaintball
marker,wheninfacthe/sheisunscrewingthecylinder
fromthecylindervalve.
Toavoidthisdanger,itisrecommended(ifyourcylinder
isnotalreadymarked)thatyouusepaintornailpolishto
placeamark(3)onthecylindervalve,andplaceanother
mark(4)onthecylinder,inlinewiththe#3markasshown.
Wheneveryouturnthecylinderduringremoval,watchthe
marksonthecylinderandthecylindervalvetobesure
thattheyrotatetogether.Ifatanytimethesemarksstart
toseparateasshowninFigure5,thecylinderisstarting
tounscrewfromthecylindervalveandyoumustSTOP
andtaketheentireunittoa“C5”certiedairsmithforsafe
removaland/orrepair.
NOTE:Thecylindervalveshouldunscrewfromthe
paintballmarkerinabout3or4fullturns.Ifyounishthe
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fullturnandthecylindervalveisnotunscrewedfromthepaintballmarker,STOP!Take
theentireunittoa“C5”certiedairsmithforsaferemovaland/orrepair.
Locatea“C5”CertiedAirsmithatwww.paintball-pti.com/search.asp.
WhetheryouhaveaneworusedrellableairorCO
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cylinder,youareatriskifanyofthe
followinghasoccurred:
• Thevalveunitwasreplacedoralteredafterpurchase.
• Ananti-siphondevicewasinstalled.
• Thevalveunitwasremovedfromthecylinderforanyreason.
• AnymodicationwasdonetotherellableairorCO2cylinder.
Ifanyoftheseconditionshasoccurred,takeyourairorCO2cylindertoa“C5”Certied
Airsmithforinspectionorcontactthecylindermanufacturer.
WARNING
The brass or nickel plated cylinder valve (Figure 4, #1) is intended to
be permanently attached to the air or CO2 cylinder (2).
An air or CO2 cylinder can y off with enough force to cause serious
injury or death if the cylinder (2) unscrews from a cylinder valve (1).
Figure4:ProperlymarkedValveand
Cylinder
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Figure5:MisalignedValveand
Cylinder
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