Cylinder Weight

[Kmo]

Greetings,
How much does a two inch bore, 8inch stroke bimba cylinder weigh?

[Nate Laverdure]

Dunno. But I can tell you everything about what it looks like, because it will be very similar to McMaster part #6498K482. I was hoping that it would have shown the total weight of my order, and then I would have been able to help you out.
http://www.mcmaster.com/library/20060425/6498K482L.GIF

[DonRotolo]

According to the Bimba Catalog (http://www.bimba.com/pdf/catalogs/FL_OriginalLine.pdf), page 1.59, a 318-DXP cylinder weighs 2.82 pounds without any mounting parts.

In general when you have a question about a part, go to the manufacturer's web site and check their product page or catalog.

Don

[nickcvet89]

I would agree with Don on this one because we have a 2" bore with a 24" storke that is at least 10lbs because it is real heavy.

[Gary Dillard]

Bimba Cylinder weights, from the 2003 pneumatics manual:

Approximate weight calculations for custom clinders, not including the rod clevis or pivot brackets:
3/4" Bore 0.21 lbs. + 0.03 lbs. per inch of stroke
1/2" Bore 0.73 lbs. + 0.08 lbs. per inch of stroke
2" Bore 1.62 lbs. + 0.15 lbs. per inch of stroke

So 1.62+0.15*8 =2.82, sounds like same as the catalog.

[Gary Dillard]

Dunno. But I can tell you everything about what it looks like, because it will be very similar to McMaster part #6498K482.

Please tell me you aren't planning on putting that on your robot.

[Nate Laverdure]

Please tell me you aren't planning on putting that on your robot.
Nope, I just looked it up for the guy. I was trying to see if McMaster would tell me the total weight of my order if I tried to add it to my shopping cart, but I couldn't figure that out, so I just posted the drawing instead.