blacktj00
Mechanical
- Feb 28, 2007
- 2
Hello, We have an application for a material transfer device that uses 17 arms to transfer a 6000lb, 200ft long pole into a piece of equipment. The pole can also have some water in it that gives a few hundred more lbs that can be distributed most anywhere along the 200 ft. The arms would need to stay within 1/4" of each other on the down stroke (with gravity). The cylinders would be full stroked each time. (right now I am looking at 2in bore x 36in stroke)
If we used a hydraulic system would it be possible to achieve this synchronization with gear flow dividers, or would we have to go the route of electrohydraulics, with indivudual feed back loops on each actuator. If gear flow dividers would work, can I feed them into each other, e.g. a 1 to 4 that feed 4 x 1 to 4's to get 16? (I know one short, not sure how to handle that odd one)
Also I read some posts on running cylinders in series but not sure if you could do that with 17!?!?
Thanks
If we used a hydraulic system would it be possible to achieve this synchronization with gear flow dividers, or would we have to go the route of electrohydraulics, with indivudual feed back loops on each actuator. If gear flow dividers would work, can I feed them into each other, e.g. a 1 to 4 that feed 4 x 1 to 4's to get 16? (I know one short, not sure how to handle that odd one)
Also I read some posts on running cylinders in series but not sure if you could do that with 17!?!?
Thanks