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Unread 23-01-2015, 11:58
PaulEleven PaulEleven is offline
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Designing with Pneumatics-Catcher

Hello all,
My team is thinking about using two 3/4 bore pneumatic cylinders to power a linear motion catcher instead of a pivoted one.
The question is: can the two cylinders take the load(~40 lbs) downwards from the stack once it's mounted horizontally?

Also the way I'm thinking about mounting it to be a non-pivotal arm is to foot bracket it fixed to the base and turn the end clevis 90 degrees and run a bolt through to the arm.

Newbies need them feedback! Thanks