Questions to write down before you size a cylinder
Load, port pressure, stroke and mount, taken from a published cylinder guide. The worked numbers are that guide's example, not a test by this site.
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Pneumatics
Inputs to write down before a bore is chosen: load, pressure at the work port, stroke and mount.
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Record the load and the pressure at the cylinder port before you look at a catalog bore.
Cylinder selection questions uses a published worked example for a vertical lift, and leaves your own numbers blank.