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jamesmcip 03-02-2017 11:09

Free Bimba Pistons
 
In years past Bimba has given 2 free actuators to all FRC teams, does anyone know if they are repeating this for this season and where we can order them from?

Simple googling has yielded no results...

dradel 03-02-2017 11:13

Re: Free Bimba Pistons
 
In the kop there is / was a bag with paperwork included there is a voucher in that bag

Christopher149 03-02-2017 11:14

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Bimba FIRST page - http://www.bimba.com/FIRST-Form-Open/

jamesmcip 03-02-2017 12:02

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Originally Posted by Christopher149 (Post 1639856)

Perfect, thank you.

Tungrus 03-02-2017 12:38

Re: Free Bimba Pistons
 
Bimba is awesome. FYI: Typically it takes anywhere from 3 to 4 weeks for cylinders to arrive, please don't expect them before build stop day, unless something has changed this year.

Wren Hensgen 03-02-2017 12:56

Re: Free Bimba Pistons
 
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Originally Posted by Tungrus (Post 1639891)
Bimba is awesome. FYI: Typically it takes anywhere from 3 to 4 weeks for cylinders to arrive, please don't expect them before build stop day, unless something has changed this year.

While this is true for custom cylinders, Bimba has many common sizes on the shelf. If you have any questions about how to "build out" a cylinder, please let me know, and I'd be happy to help with that, or any other pneumatic question.

Monochron 03-02-2017 13:03

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Originally Posted by Wren Hensgen (Post 1639901)
While this is true for custom cylinders, Bimba has many common sizes on the shelf. If you have any questions about how to "build out" a cylinder, please let me know, and I'd be happy to help with that, or any other pneumatic question.

Do you know if there is a way to get the dimensions of a cylinder from the BIMBA FRC page before ordering it? Knowing body length, extended length, and mounting options if pretty critical for a design. If I were to search on the BIMBA site for a cylinder matching the specs I enter on that page, would I get results for the exact cylinder that I would receive?

Chris is me 03-02-2017 13:17

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Originally Posted by Monochron (Post 1639913)
Do you know if there is a way to get the dimensions of a cylinder from the BIMBA FRC page before ordering it? Knowing body length, extended length, and mounting options if pretty critical for a design. If I were to search on the BIMBA site for a cylinder matching the specs I enter on that page, would I get results for the exact cylinder that I would receive?

All of the Bimba cylinders are original line, double acting, dual pivot cylinders. If you look in the Original Line catalog, you can get a drawing with generic dimensions that are configurable based on cylinder stroke length. Don't forget the clevis!

CalTran 03-02-2017 13:18

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Originally Posted by Monochron (Post 1639913)
Do you know if there is a way to get the dimensions of a cylinder from the BIMBA FRC page before ordering it? Knowing body length, extended length, and mounting options if pretty critical for a design. If I were to search on the BIMBA site for a cylinder matching the specs I enter on that page, would I get results for the exact cylinder that I would receive?

If you go to their product page, you can just use their design "calculator". Even comes with a custom CAD model to boot.

Wren Hensgen 03-02-2017 13:35

Re: Free Bimba Pistons
 
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Originally Posted by Monochron (Post 1639913)
Do you know if there is a way to get the dimensions of a cylinder from the BIMBA FRC page before ordering it? Knowing body length, extended length, and mounting options if pretty critical for a design. If I were to search on the BIMBA site for a cylinder matching the specs I enter on that page, would I get results for the exact cylinder that I would receive?

As another user has said, if you just go to the original line page, you can feed in the specs, and get a complete, downloadable CAD assembly, or even a PDF. Bimba doesn't have a standard list of dimensions, even in the catalog. 70% of their work is custom.

Chris is me 03-02-2017 13:44

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Originally Posted by Wren Hensgen (Post 1639928)
As another user has said, if you just go to the original line page, you can feed in the specs, and get a complete, downloadable CAD assembly, or even a PDF. Bimba doesn't have a standard list of dimensions, even in the catalog. 70% of their work is custom.

That's absolutely not true. Inside the catalog, you can clearly find a dimensioned drawing that indicates their cylinder dimensions for every model they sell. The drawings have a variable for "stroke length" which adjusts some of the dimensions based on the size you order, so you can use this to even calculate non-standard cylinder sizes.

https://www.bimba.com/Global/Library...iginalLine.pdf

The handiest thing about this is that you can use these dimensions to create cylinder mockups when doing 2D design sketches of robot mechanisms, so you don't need to guess a cylinder size, download a CAD model, check if it works, rinse and repeat etc. to find the exact one you want.

llung 03-02-2017 16:23

Re: Free Bimba Pistons
 
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Originally Posted by Tungrus (Post 1639891)
Bimba is awesome. FYI: Typically it takes anywhere from 3 to 4 weeks for cylinders to arrive, please don't expect them before build stop day, unless something has changed this year.

It depends a lot on when and what you order. I've had some take forever in the past. But this year, I ordered mine on 1/19 and they arrived a week later :)

Monochron 03-02-2017 17:18

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Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1639918)
All of the Bimba cylinders are original line, double acting, dual pivot cylinders.

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Originally Posted by CalTran (Post 1639919)
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Originally Posted by Wren Hensgen (Post 1639928)
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Thanks! Knowing that they are all "Original Line" was the missing piece of information.


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