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TUFFSHELL® all-composite

Type 4 CNG cylinders

Lightweight
Long range
Durable & safe

Features and benefits


Lightweight Durable
TUFFSHELL all-composite Type 4 cylinders High-strength, super-tough construction
combined with aluminum construction offer the reduces impact damage and fatigue. Type
lightest weight per unit volume of any CNG fuel 4 composite cylinders have built-in dome
system. Weighing only 30% of the weight of steel protection against abrasions and scuffs
cylinders, they improve vehicle range, payload,
handling, and fuel efficiency
Leak-free
Long cycle life Precision-machined valve interface ensures
leak-free operation
Type 4 composite cylinders have a plastic liner
that does not experience corrosion or metal
fatigue after repeated fill and discharge cycles
Compact
Maintenance-free Wide range of standard sizes available in strap
Designed to be maintenance-free with reduced mount, boss mount, and mixed mount designs
inspection costs for maximum packaging efficiency

Global Vocation
TUFFSHELL all-composite cylinders are used in Installed in a variety of commercial vehicles,
over 50% of European and 80% of North including transit and coach buses, heavy
America CNG commercial vehicles goods vehicles, refuse collection vehicles,
concrete mixers, and delivery trucks

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Cylinder types comparison Weight per unit volume by type

1.6
1.4
1.4
TYPE 1 TYPE 2
1.2

Weight (kg/litre)
All steel Fiberglass hoop
wrap steel liner 1.0 0.9
0.8
0.6 0.7
0.4
0.4 0.5 0.3

TYPE 3 TYPE 4 0.2 0.3


0.2
All carbon full All carbon full 0.0
wrap metallic liner wrap plastic liner
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4

Hexagon Agility’s rigorous testing Hexagon Agility cylinder certifications

All Hexagon Agility cylinders undergo extensive tests, Hexagon Agility’s cylinders are designed, manufactured,
including those required for certification and additional tested, and qualified according to the requirements of
tests designed by Hexagon Agility to ensure durability and the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT), National
safety over the long haul Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 304, Compressed
Required tests: Natural Gas Fuel Container Integrity. They also meet the
Drop test Flaw tolerance test requirements of ANSI/NGV 2 (2016), Basic Requirements for
Bonfire test Pneumatic cycling test Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Fuel Containersa.
Penetration test Leak before break test Our cylinders exported globally meet ISO 11439, ECE R110,
Accelerated stress rupture test Permeation test India CCOE, ADR/TPED, Russian GOST, Korean KGSC, and
Gas cycling many other national standards
Additional Hexagon Agility tests:
Acid exposure Cold fast fill
Weld strength Fast blow down

Specifications
Empty Full Water Nominal Working
Diameter Length
Part # Mount weight weight volume capacity pressure
mm mm kg kg L kg bar
240248-020A Boss 457 1,819 75 112 217 37 200
240249-001A Strap 384 1,684 46 73 156 27 200
240249-002A Boss 384 1,775 62 73 156 27 200
240355-002A Boss 401 2,540 62 114 247 52 250
240382-041A Boss 403 3,307 89 146 338 57 200
240382-042A Boss 403 3,094 84 138 315 54 200
240385-001A Boss 403 3,675 101 165 376 64 200
240404-006A Boss 694 2,042 136 258 580 122 250
240404-008A Boss 695 1,496 101 185 399 84 250

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