1. Straw manufacturing current status T.Enic, Yu.Potrebenikov 28.01.2011

2. Last modification of the welding machine Air blowing by thin fluel injector for temperature stabilization in a welding point New visualization

3. “Raw” straw 134 straw are ready Example of a bar code Straw #14 – 7 Atm overpressure - > 1 day (end plug is formed by thermo glue) Straw #3 – 9 Atm overpressure > 1 min ~ 70 straws from 1 tape roll Up to 20 - 30 “raw” straws per day

4. “Raw” straw quality 5 mm ring: breaking force ~ 5 kg breaking elongation > 3.5 mm Up to 30 “raw” straws per day

5. Straw plugging and connection for long term overpressure test