[TheForge] Re: camfollowers

Fri Apr 11 01:57:01 2003

See now I get all kinds of good answers.  Bigger is always better, 4" cam
rollers very hard to break...........

My next hammer project is going to use some 2" diameter Thomson rod, and
some huge recirculating linear bearings with shaft wipers.  Should be
maintenance free, and hassle free, but we shall see.........

Paul Hewitt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Troszak" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:14 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: camfollowers

>
> Message: 2
> From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Air Hammer Slides.....
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:59:50 -0400
> Reply-To: [email protected]
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> Paul, My experience on using cam followers for slide replacements ends up
in
> failure as the cam follers dent the beams as there is to many pounds per
> square inch with the small surface area of the follower wheel compared to
a
> slide set up.
> >
> >
>
> I saw the earlier question, and I will verify from my own experiments
years
> ago that Ralph is correct, and also throw in that cam follower shafts are
> very hard and brittle and snap off at the shoulder after a few hundred
> blows.  I have tried them for several different applications on power
> hammers and ended up not trusting them enought to use them in a production
> hammer. Your experience may vary...  ;-)
>
> Tom Troszak
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