[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] through-hulls



Hi Vance,
 
Good point about the compensator. From my days as a manufacturing engineer (title only - not degreed) I remember Bimba as a supplier of air and hydraulic servo cylinders. You might check them out on the web. I think they can provide very nice tidy cylinders for most applications.
 
Best Regards,
 
Jim K
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] through-hulls

Jim, A spring loaded compensator can be installed to raise the internal system pressure above maximum ambient. If we can just find all the parts. Vance
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: kocpnt@lakefield.net
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] through-hulls

The hydraulic positioner sounds like a good idea. Just keep in mind almost all slave cylinders are designed to hold internal pressure only. You will probably need to create an external seal on the slaves to assure that the water does not infiltrate your system.
 
Best Regards,
 
Jim K.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] through-hulls

Joe. As I remember, the two way master cylinder ( which would be inside the hull) looked like it had a piston moved either right or left in a tube, and the hydraulic lines on either end of the tube went directly to the positioner ( in our case, outside the hull) and there was no pump.
As far as adapting it for a wet application, it seems to me that the addition of a hydraulic oil reservoir, pressurized to just over ambient, would be enough to keep the water out of the positioner.
You might leak a little oil into the water but clean hydraulic oil isn't a pollutant, and any leakage would be minimal.
As I was e-mailing Vance, I saw this in an old catalogue I had, and I will do a google search to see what I can find. Frank D.

Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.