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    Simple hydraulic cylinder keeps retracting (gradually) after pump is turned off, agaist load.

    Hi, I have a cylinder that is only using the small chamber. When I turn on the hydraulic unit, the oil fills the small chamber and the cylinder retracts. Using a system of pulleys, an elevator cabin goes from the first floor to the second floor when the cylinder retracts. If I want the cabin to...
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    How can we calculate the required torque to accelerate an electric sports wheelchair?

    Hi everyone, Im trying to select an appropriate dc brushless motor to design a Power Soccer wheelchair. I already did my calculations, but I did it 2 ways and my answers are not the same. Please help. Here is the design problem: I have the "cart" weighs 150 kg and has to be able to have 150 kg...
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    How to protect an electric winch from excessive work rate?

    I am designing a dumbwaiter that will be used to transport food supplies 6 meters vertically into a third floor. Im planning to use an electric winch to do this. However, the winch has a work rate of 20% at 10 mins, so its able to work for 2 mins before having to rest 8 mins. It takes 36 secs...
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    Will an uneven hose length affect a parallel cylinder system?

    I have 2 hydraulic cylinders that work in parallel to lift a steel ramp. We are replacing some old hoses that are damaged and are hard to reach. The current hoses have a tee that divides the flow right at the middle and then two hoses that have the same length go to each cylinder. But the...

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