Thread: Pneumatics Recycle Can-Crusher
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Unread 03-08-2002, 20:48
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On to my 16th year in FRC
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I made a pneumatic bridge breaker to test the strength of balsa wood model bridges. I suppose it would work for cans too. We just dial in more PSI until the bridge breaks and the one that broke at the highest PSI is the winner. Do you know of any more acurate way to display the load on the bridge other than PSI reading? We used to just use the good ol' hang books from it method before we built the pneumatic breaker.

About the can crusher, neat idea but I think I would rather spend about 1/3 the time and just step on it.
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