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Re: Aluminum Strengths?

When mounting our bridge pusher downer, we were wondering if our pneumatic cylinder would bend the piece of 1 inch, .063 square tubing it was mounted to. we performed a very scientific test with a couple 2x4s 13 inches apart which we placed a piece of the tubing on. The cylinder has about 100 pounds of push so we had a 150 pound student stand on it, it passed. It also passed the 200 pound mentor test and the 280 pound mentor test. The 280 pound mentor stomp test resulted in a slight bend, that stuff is tougher than I thought
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