Typical equipment breakdown policies describe covered equipment as electrical or mechanical equipment that utilizes or generates energy. Examples of that type of equipment are pretty easy to follow; however, most policies go on to include covered equipment as “equipment built to operate under internal pressure or vacuum other than weight of contents.” Here I'm at a loss for an example. Can you describe the types of equipment that would be referring to and what types of things could happen to them to trigger coverage under the equipment breakdown policy?

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While we are not engineers, we can give a general idea on how vacuum and pressure vessels are used in manufacturing and storage operations. Pressure and/or vacuum components often are included within various types of furnaces and complex manufacturing equipment.