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Lifting platform stage with 4 hydraulic cylinders- How to keep in sync
Thank you for your response. Yes I believe hydromech is correct it takes a lot of back pressure to get it going if a gear flow divider is used. This is a one time project at low cost. I have already invested in the SA telescopic cylinders each with a 47" stroke. I was wondering if a different...- Arniemic
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- Forum: Fluid Power engineering
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Lifting platform stage with 4 hydraulic cylinders- How to keep in sync
I am new to hydraulics but I have a unique problem. 4 telescopic SA - power up/gravity down cyclinders are lifting a stage platform. I used a gear type 4 way flow divider (delta) and that works great on the way up. The only problem is (outside of putting an elephant on the stage)the stage does...- Arniemic
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- Forum: Fluid Power engineering
