I was digging through that stuff in my back yard and ran across a pallet load of air cylinders. Some big ones, tiny ones, just a bunch of them.
Ive got a 15ton hydraulic press frame, with no press, so was wondering if its feasable to use an air cylinder instead of a hydraulic one.
Ive got a 3x 3 1/4 (3" stoke), with a 1" ram, threaded on the end for accesories, that would bolt up to the top rails of the frame pretty easily. How much "power" could I expect to put out at 90psi? This is something Ive never had to futz with before.
How do you slow down the ram travel so it doesnt Slam out of the cylinder, but gets the full pressure built up? One would assume a valve on the opposite end of the cylinder, but??
Any advise, or alternative suggestions would be appreciated.
Gunner
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