[TheForge] Hammer poll

Fri Jan 10 07:17:01 2003

I think mabey the act of compressing the air might be where the inefficiency
comes into play. Whereas the nazel types only work on 20 or so psi dont
they?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: 10 January, 2003 3:16 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Hammer poll

> I've been reading posts about compressors and power hammers for a few
years
> now and came to a conclusion that may be in error. It's been my impression
> that comparable self contained (Kuhn, etc.) power hammers are more
efficient
> than external compressor power hammers, Kinyon, etc. Unfortunately my
hands
> on experience is limited to half a dozen power hammers total and it's not
> nearly a large enough sampling for a meaningful estimate.
>
> What I'd like to do is take a very basic poll of folks who own and use
power
> hammers to develop a "simple" input to output ratio graph. There are too
> many variables for this graph to do more than give a very basic curve but
> hopefully it'll give me a handle on efficiency.
>
> 1) Type: mechanical (Little Giant, etc.), external compressor (Kinyon,
> etc.), self contained, air or hydraulic (Nazel, etc.)?
>
> 2) Ram weight and bpm.?
>
> 3) Motor hp. 120v, 240v, single or three phase? Other?
>
> 4) Duty cycle? (an estimate of how many minutes out of a ten minute block,
> or how long your hammer will run without running out of air. This question
> is really only applicable to an external compressor air hammer.)
>
> I know there are a bunch of other variables effecting a hammer's
efficiency
> but this is a casual poll.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frosty
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Heath Satow" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: test
>
>
> > > test
> >
> > You're coming through loud and clear, Alex. :)  Moved into your new
place
> yet?
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