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Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003 02:31:00 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford wrote:
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> > Less area, less force,,,,,
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> Ummmm yep, thats what I meant - the contract side is smaller so less force, but
> wouldn't that also mean it contracts faster because it needs less air? Just like
> the small cylinders expand/contract much faster than the big ones because of the
> much smaller area?
I think that the smaller pistons expand/contract faster because they have much
less friction, combined with the fact that they have much smaller cavities. The
old large single acting pistons expand/contract much faster than the new large
double acting pistons because they have much less friction.
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> ROSCO
Kevin
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| Kevin L. Clague's utterance expressed in news:HJsMzo.4n3@lugnet.com: (...) Friction is an important factor. But just as important is the fact that if I want to fill a certain volume with air, it takes less time if the volume is smaller - therefore (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
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| (...) Ummmm yep, thats what I meant - the contract side is smaller so less force, but wouldn't that also mean it contracts faster because it needs less air? Just like the small cylinders expand/contract much faster than the big ones because of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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