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Re: Pneumatic Compressors and Storage Tanks
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:39:41 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Hao-yang Wang wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Chris Masclet wrote:
> > You can build your own air-tank but don' t make a "too big" one. When you use
> > big air-tank you have to provide more air-pressure (and longer compression
> > time).
> > But when you have good pressure in air-tank and you act the pneumatic
> > switch, it acts pneumatic-cylinder faster than with no tank.
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> Isn't the force generated by the pneumatics directly proportional to the air
> pressure, which in turn directly proportional to the amount of air in the tank?
> So the larger the tank is, the longer you can sustain the force during the
> bleeding of the air?
This is basically right, but the LEGO tanks are so small, a given single tank
doesn;t buy you much.
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> Has somebody tried air tanks with non-fixed volume, such as a balloon? Maybe
> the pressure/force will not drop as fast as with a fixed-volume tank?
This is what Jennifer Clark has wanted for a while. The only all lego solution
that I know of is to use large pistons that are compressed closed by rubber
bands.
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> Cheers,
> Hao-yang Wang
Regards,
Kevin
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