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Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:05:35 GMT
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote:
"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message

The biggest issue when fully expanded is leverage to the side which can • lead to
leakage.  I've experienced it once in a while.

Interesting, I've noticed this happens quite a lot when joing two large
cylinders back to back to make a larger double cylinder, and some cylinders
seem more prone to it than others. Working the cylinders a few cycles
sometimes seems to reduce it a bit, but not always. It is a rather annoying
problem.

I sucked grease - by manually pulling the plunger with a dab of grease
on the bottom air input - into my cylinders and they move more
consistently and don't leak pressure. I used ceramic grease of the
type you get for RC car gearboxes. They aren't much easier to move,
but they do move more smoothly and I've not had the problem with
pressure leakage. I can't say I put much lateral stress on them
though.

The same grease on a large turntable worked as well - perhaps harder
to turn but no sticking at all, making precise movements easier.


Tim



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  Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
 
(...) Would not the grease eventually find it's way out into the hoses and make the hose connection a bad one because of the slippery grease? (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
 
"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) lead to (...) Interesting, I've noticed this happens quite a lot when joing two large cylinders back to back to make a larger double cylinder, and some cylinders seem more prone to it (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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