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Safety valves release steam to prevent pipe ruptures

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Building immense pressure inside metal tubes is essentially building a bomb. Safety valves exist purely to ruin that explosive potential by violently shrieking and venting steam whenever the pressure gets too high. It is an incredibly loud failsafe preventing factories from turning into craters.

Safety valves release steam to prevent pipe ruptures
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