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- From: hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Copper air lines and secondary tanks
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 09:43:51 GMT
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- gould@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (EWD) writes:
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- (stuff that anyone following this thread has read many times deleted)
- :
- : A secondary tank would insure maximum whallop for your impact wrench it
- : it were close to the load. You can calculate your cycle times for various
- : loads, I believe each drop of ~15lbs yeilds one volume of the tank. Likewise
- : you can calculate the delivery rate of your compressor by timing the
- : system as it pumps through the pressure interval you're interested in.
- : So now you can judge how big a secondary tank you'd want for a particular
- : tool and a particular cycle time.
- :
- I think I'll just over-capacity it, and install in-line shutoff valves to
- decrease system volume as needed.
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- : You want to keep the primary tank small enough so, for instance,
- : you will have air for the tires by the time you've finished checking the
- : oil.
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- My primary tank is 80 gallons, the secondary around 30(?), so shutoff valves
- are definately a MUST, especially if I go to 2" PVC or something with a large
- volume.
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- :
- : Eliot
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- Wow, I'm very pleased at the great respones and ideas everyone is coming up
- with, this is Usenet at its best! Thanks everyone!
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- Pherrets are Phun!!
- SAAB - you get what you pay for; you pay (and pay, and pay) for what you get.
- hinz@picard.med.ge.com
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