Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
(OP)
I must select the correct bore for a Pneumatic Rodless Cylinder for moving 840 pound of weight at crawling speed, low speed application.
Question:
How can I have SW2004 calculate the thrust force needed to move this 840 pound of weight approximately 50 inches?
If SW2004 cannot do this then, would any of you guys know of a website where I can download a Calculator that will easily allow me to do this type of calculations?
Thanks
Question:
How can I have SW2004 calculate the thrust force needed to move this 840 pound of weight approximately 50 inches?
If SW2004 cannot do this then, would any of you guys know of a website where I can download a Calculator that will easily allow me to do this type of calculations?
Thanks






RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
You are right, sorry about that!!
Load will be riding on 1” Shaft self supported Linear Guides with open linear bearings. Acceleration will be same as deceleration.\
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Before I run out and contact a "Pneumatic Rodless Cylinder" manufacture/supplier for their recommendations, can't I just learn how to do the calculation myself with the help of a knowledgeable member of this forum? Don’t you think this will be much wiser than depending all the time in this manufacture/supplier?
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
http://www.pneumaticsonline.com/Calc2.asp
and here is a link to a PDF with information about metering valves/speed controls.
http://www.automation4less.com/pdfs/as_3054.pdf
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Do you have a statics book? Do you have a dynamics book?
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RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
If you excuse me now I will go ahead and enroll myself in the University of “Mechanical engineers, who know all the questions, and all the answers and all the formulas for calculating just about anything and everything, who cannot experiment, invent on their own play around with their own machines and do heavy duty mechanical trial an error or think out side the box and do not allow electrical engineers to ask silly questions about stuff they learned in second grade”.
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Hope this helps.
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Thanks a lot. This is the humble aswer I was looking for, just enough to get me started.
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
In other words, no, SW2004 cannot do that calc.
My answer (in part) "...or contact a "Pneumatic Rodless Cylinder" manufacture/supplier for their recommendations"
A google for "Pneumatic Rodless Cylinder" returns many hits. The first of which is http://www.tolomatic.com/index.cfm
It has a tab named "Product Resources" which in turn has a tab named "Software". A sizing calculator can be downloaded from there.
Of course you can, but that was not requested in your OP ... to which I was replying.
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Have a good one!!!
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
Not to be rude myself but, maybe this is the wrong forum to ask how to do the calculation. There is another forum in eng-tips: "Mechanical Engineering and other topics" that may be able to help. Other than that, the Linear Guide manufacture may have calculations in their catalog and the Machinery's Handbook has friction calculations in it.
SA
RE: Is there any way to do this in SW 2004?
"That should help, he said, expansivley"
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
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