Good Morning,

I will of course lend any support Technique, set up, clearances design - etc - what ever you need.

The benefit of the negative detractors is more proof that I am the established inventor - in a sad way they help us.

I would appreciate if the questions were sent to my e-mail - one question per e-mail - please - I only get a second to sit and jot down answers, so a multi question - does not get the proper attention.

Clear plastic does offer a whole new set of issues - to replicate - steel was pretty easy - our system has pressure sensors in ever upper and lower layer - and our program gives us a visual of the water and air levels through the whole cylce.

Set up is simple - Hold the system down (locked) down - fill slowly with both air and water into the inner most layer - until the water level reaches the top of the outside layer.

You have full ideal at that point -

When you remove the lock - the system will extend to the distance matching the head/surface area/and load.

At that point - removing water from the pod results in sink mode- adding water results in stroke.

When you hook up two systems - you just adjust the water level between the two Z.E.D.'s so that you match the stroke lengths - to pressure to height - actually a simple process - we will cover later.

Wayne

@M,
The latest Material Take off is attached, now with Gap Clearance calculations. To solve the Gap Clearance I removed the reduction of gap as the model went from Pod to Riser 1. It is just not practical with a large wall small model.

After we check your latest drawing and everything seems correct, I will be building a Hobby model out of Elemer's foam board. It is just 3/16 thick, but that should be close enough. It will also give us a good idea of how much material is needed, so we can cost out the acrylic. I picked up a freeware version of a Sheet Layout program, so it should be pretty accurate.

Regards, Larry

Cheers.

Quote from: mondrasek on June 22, 2012, 12:26:51 PM
Cheers.

Hi Mondrasek,
these spacers on top - I thought all the air should be squeezed out from the top to bring the expansion force to 0?
I'm not by any means an expert in these kind of devices - just asking...
Alex

Quote from: mondrasek on June 22, 2012, 12:26:51 PM
Cheers.

Thanks, M.
But, It's not hanging right at the bottom, should look like Fig 14. I'll check my specifications.

Regards, Larry