[PSUBS-MAILIST] Manipulator arm

hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Wed Jan 21 20:45:32 EST 2015


If it was my K350, it would have two cue ball arms, one on each side of the front port.  
Hank
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On Wed, 1/21/15, Sean T Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Manipulator arm
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 There is another option, which may be a touch more
 expensive, but that is to use air-operated valves for the
 hydraulic system, which would be mounted outside without an
 enclosure and handle whatever hydraulic pressure you want to
 operate at, and then supply this pilot air from (relatively)
 low pressure solenoid valves inside the pressure boundary.
 This way, no oil can get inside in the event of failure,
 every air line can have a shutoff at the pressure boundary,
 and eg 24 VDC solenoids with small apertures and modest
 pressure ratings can be used.
 Sean
 
 
 
 
 On January 21, 2015
 5:12:40 PM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
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 Allan,
 There are benefits and draw backs as well.  The benefit is
 having the valve in the oil.  If not then the valve needs an
 enclosure around the solenoids filled with oil.  It is a
 pain in the butt. Next is the membrane lid, that eliminates
 the air bag deal.  So it just depends what your needs and
 expectations are.  
 Hank
 On Wed, 1/21/15, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles
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  Hank,they also
  use water hydraulics on the Remora rov.http://www.hydra-cell.com/applications/salt-water-pump.html
  I like the
  idea of Scott's, of housing the pump & shuttle
  valvesin an oil
  fi!
  lled
 enclosure with flexible membrane for
  equalization;however I
  wonder if there is much advantage. You would still have
  tohave
  through hulls in that enclosure for hydraulic hoses &
  electricalpower
  & signals. You would end up with more through hulls
  &loose the
  ability to manually release pressure from the
  systemin an
  emergency.Alan
  
  
   
    
  
    
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  Alan,
  When I
  had my tour of Nuytco, I saw the arms well actually a
 shelf
  full of them and the valves.  I assumed they were
  hydraulic, but maybe no!
  t.  It
 could work with sea water,
  but fresh water could be problematic with freezing.
  Hank
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   Not sure,
   but don't the "Deep Workers"
  have
   a hydraulic
   system
  using sea water, with externalpump &
  
  valves.Does
   anyone know anything about
  this?Alan
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  My plan
   was to use O ring seal. I am using
  a comoensated
   system.Thanks,Scott
   Waters
   
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  Scott,
   You
   need to decide
  on what type of hyd system you are going with
   before you dive into cylinders.  If you are
  going with a
   pressure compensated system,
  you can use cylinders with a
   wiper seals on
  the shafts.  If you not pressure
  
  compensating, then use cylinders with o-!
  ring
 seals on the
   shafts.  I would use o-ring sealed shafts
  regardless.
  
  Hank
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  Gotcha.
    I
   got about 8
  different suppliers I have found so far with
    SS cylinders. I think I'll order a few
  to
   play with. I
    am also
  planning on using
   electric silionoids
  for
    controlling the
  
  valves.Thanks,Scott
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   Scott,
    Gamma uses air
  cylinders with
   hydraulic fluid and
    pump.  The hydraulic
  
  system is very standard except it
    uses
  air
   cylinders in place of hydraulic
  cylinders.  
   
  
  Hank
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 2015,
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     Is Gamma all air
  cylinders? Do you just
   use
  
    a air compressor? What happens to the
  
  air once it is in
    the
  
   
   cylinder and you want to lower the
  cylinder? Is it
     recompressed or somehow
  expelled? I really
   don't know
     crap about pnematics.
  
  Haha. Why do all the subs use
    
  hydrolics
   and not air. For example
    
   hydro-lek?Thanks,Scott
     Waters
     
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  Scott,
     Not sure why you want hydraulic
  cylinders. 
   You want
    
  air cylinders, they are light
   weight and
  all
    aluminum. 
     If
  you use 2 in bore air cylinders you can
   run
  on a 500
    psi
    
   system.  Also air cylinders typically have
  5/8 rods
    and
     that is
  the most
   important part.  The rod size
  is
    what
     the water
  pressure is pushing back against
   you
    system. 
     Air
   cylinders have a single o ring on the piston
  and are
     cheap and easy to replace. If
  you want ss
   rods then just
  
    replace the chrome rods
   when they wear
  out.  I made
    my
     own
  rods for Gamma, easy peezy.
    
  
  Hank
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      Hydrolic.
      Also what
  size bore does yoursub have
     
  Hank?Thanks,Scott Waters
   
  
    
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  !
     
 
      Are you using
  hydraulic cylinders or air
   cylinders.
     
  
  Hank
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       Does
       anyone have
  a reccomendation on a source
   for
     hydrolic
      
   cylinders? Ofcourse there are tons online,
  just
     wondering
     
  if
       someone has a particular place
  they like
   to get
      
  them.Thanks,Scott Waters
       
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