minature hydraulics and pneumatics

[Brian Smith 1Participant @briansmith1]

Would anyone have any reference material on miniature hydraulics and pneumatics?

• construction of small pistons (1-2cm stroke)
• tubing attachments
• air and fluid compression
• etc

interest is in the field of Automata (ala Disney below)

[Brian Smith 1Participant @briansmith1]

[Nick HulmeParticipant @nickhulme30114]

Softer seals will work for lower pressures.

Job's a good 'un!

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Take a look at some of the sites that focus on model heavy plant like earth movers, cranes, dump trucks etc.

[alan ord 2Participant @alanord2]

Brian, try researching "Fuidics and Low Pressure" control systems. I recall many years ago, before the proliferation of programmable electronic logic controllers, using fluidics for operating machine control valves etc. Nand's, Nor's And's, Or's, Flip Flops, etc.

"Fuidics"!!!!!! should have spelt Fluidics.

Edited By alan ord 2 on 16/03/2017 20:53:55

[David TaylorParticipant @davidtaylor63402]

Very interesting info on the fluidic logic, thanks!

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

I remember a former colleague using pneumatic components supplied by RS Components, they stock all sorts of pneumatic and hydraulic equipment supplies, including some pretty compact items.

I have put a link here to the relevant index page on their site, hope it helps:

**LINK**

[vintagengineerParticipant @vintagengineer]

Having spent many years working on the big stuff, I suspect friction is going to be your biggest challenge.

[MichaelRParticipant @michaelr]

A lot of info on YouTube for model systems https://youtu.be/WaeEBXaj-vA

Edited By MichaelR on 17/03/2017 09:38:16

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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Model R/C aircraft use small pneumatics for retractable under carriages. Maybe worth a nosey for some ideas.

Nick

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Lego has a pneumatic system for activating models, uses a syringe similar to a medical one as the pump.

Ian S C

[Brian Smith 1Participant @briansmith1]

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Interesting videos…going to spend some time looking there

Fluidics search was interesting as well

Brian

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