Thanks again for all the replies. I'll try to answer several points brought up all at once.
The cylinder is a double acting cylinder. The clamp is opened by applying pressure to the rod side, so yes the piston area is reduced by the area of the rod.
When the clamp is fully opened (as shown) the...
Thanks for the reply.
The part "Fixed Body" is fixed as shown with the ground at the bottom of the image.
The "Hinged Body" is lifted into the open position. I'm only interested in lifting the "Hinged Body" into the open position. Once the pressure is released from the cylinder gravity will...
Hello,
I stuck without an engineer for a couple of weeks and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction.
In the diagram below I need to determine the cylinder pressure required to move the "hinged body" from the closed position (on the right) to the open position (on the left)...
