Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
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I would like to calculate the safe operating load on a hydraulic press we have. There is no operating label or load label on it. Is there a way to calculate this ? I attached a pic





RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
Are there any labels on the cylinder itself? if you can find the safe working pressure of the cylinder and its full bore diameter it would be a start, if you manage to get the safe working pressure it's still not the answer because the weakest part of the press might be lower than the maximum force you can get from the cylinder.
Without any information it's going to be very difficult because for example I could calculate the maximum load in the cylinder that would generate say the yield stress in the bolts attaching it to the frame as being the weakest point, however that load would depend on the size and grade of the bolts and in addition to achieve that load I might have already exceeded the safe working pressure of the cylinder without knowing it.
RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
Other failures include rupture of the hoses or the hydraulic cylinder.
The biggest concern is that it doesn't look to be bolted to the floor or a wall and has short feet; It's not a huge falling hazard, but that depends on whether the area is prone to earthquakes or being nudged by a fork truck. 99% of such items will still be standing 100 years from now, but that 1% can be painful.
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RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
If it's easy to get the cylinder bore size and wall thickness of the cylinder that's a good place to start.
If you know the working pressure for the cylinder and we get the bore diameter we can establish the maximum working force of the cylinder.
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http://www.dakecorp.com/products-detail.asp?sectio...
And other manufacturers.
Find one that matches all the important dimensional parameters, and then you'll have a pretty good idea of its original rating.
RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
MintJulep,
most of the specs they call out are very close. the horsepower, rpm etc are exact same, what factor is influencing the rating to double on these ie 25, 50, 75 tons??
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I am not 100% sure, I am assuming bore diamter, and working pressure are important, but how do I compare these models to the one I have? they are almos identical looking except a few spec differences namely the C minimum ram to table
D maximum ram to table, and ram speed press and return values. there is no mention of piston diameter or anything
RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
The bolts I was referring too was those that you have marked number 2 on your upload.
The main factors in deciding the hydraulic force will be the cylinder bore size and the working pressure, I assume the electric motor is for pump operation which may also have a bearing on the hydraulic force.
If your getting dimensions and as I mentioned earlier if we can get a measurement of the cylinder bore and outside diameter we can estimate the working pressure from the cylinder wall thickness.
Once we have the maximum working load we can then check the other bolted joints for suitability.
Final question have you any idea what you want to use the press for? if we know what its going to do we could possible workout the required force from that.
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RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
There might well be online calculators for working out the force of a cylinder made of a known grade of material for a given working pressure but the situation your in is slightly different because we don't know the grade of material the cylinder is made from.
To explain further the cylinder is basically a pressure vessel and should be made to some design code which would limit the working pressure for that particular cylinder, if we get the measurements I was going to use the least strength grade of steel I could find and work out what the maximum pressure would be, this would be conservative and give a safe value of pressure and ultimately a force for the press assuming of course the bolts and other structural parts hold up.
However we need a starting point which frankly at the moment we haven't got.
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RE: Calculating safe operating load on a hydraulic press
I always thought it was hand built when I could see no labels on it and you informed us quite early on that you had no information.
The pressure gauge might well have a much larger scale than the press or the cylinder can take, unless you can talk to someone and find out what sort of pressure was generated during use or if it is fitted with a pressure relief valve for which you might find the pressure relief setting. I think your stuck with starting with dimensions and trying to identify material grades or assuming the lowest grade materials.
That said I would be concerned about the hydraulic cylinder if it as not been constructed to a design code.
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