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    Hose breaks and cylinder drops

    Today the unit was examined and the hole drilled through the cylinder wall is 1/2" diameter. The steel adapters threaded into the cylinder have a .390" (25/64") diameter and the hose fitting attached to it has a through diameter of 0.344 (11/32"). So if a hose broke these diameters would not...
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    Hose breaks and cylinder drops

    Recently I came across a machine that had no form of protection in the hydraulic circuit to prevent the cylinders from falling. When the manufacture was contacted they told me that: "How ever due to the size of the port relative to the volume of oil in the cylinder it won't move very fast in...

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