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Composite Fiber Cylinders in the Market

Composite cylinders melt but do not blast during fire

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Composite Fiber Cylinders in the Market
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July 23: Nepali entrepreneurs have started importing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders made of composite fiber citing that the iron cylinders currently in use pose high risk. The government has a policy of promoting composite fiber cylinders after incidents of iron cylinders bursting were reported frequently.

The government has given permission to the private sector to import such cylinder after evaluating their standard. Birgunj-based Karmam Bhagyam Company Pvt Ltd has imported composite fiver cylinders in the Nepali market from India.

According to the company’s Managing Director Kishori Lal Tiwadewal, at present they have introduced 14.5 kg cylinder in the market. The company is planning to bring cylinders that can adjust 5 to 19 kg of LPG.

  Tiwadewal claimed that the cylinders pose very little risk of bursting as they are made up of fiber glass wrapped in plastic.

“Just in case fire breaks out, this cylinder will melt down but will not blast,” said Tiwadewal.

Fiber cylinders are transparent and the consumers can see the amount of gas left in the cylinders. The importers argue that the consumers cannot be cheated because of this feature of the cylinder.

The weight of composite cylinders is half the weight of iron cylinders because of which it is easy to transport them to rural areas, informed Tiwadewal.

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