[TheForge] Power hammer questions

Mon Mar 24 10:48:01 2003

The Bull Hammer comes standard with
9.8/1 anvil/ram mass ratio

Mike Graf

Ralph Sproul wrote:
> 
>         I was just talking to someone about possibly moving a Nazel 3B that
> the hammer weighs 300 lbs, the anvil 3,000, and the machine itself is about
> 7,000.  The ram to anvil seems to follow the ten times rule that I've always
> heard should be kept.
>         Heavy is what I say to those numbers when my boom truck would lift
> the anvil, but not the rest of the machine, unless I start breaking it apart
> to move it.
> 
> Ralph
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Power hammer questions
> 
> > The few hammers of similar size I've seen haven't had anything like that
> > large an anvil. 10 tons sounds a little excessive. You sure you've got
> > this right?
> >
> > Steve Smith
> >
> > Cameron Stoker wrote:
> > > If I recall correctly, larger self contained hammer have a large ratio
> > > -- hammer:anvil::1:40 i.e. a #500 chambersburg has a #20,000 anvil
> block.
> > >
> > > That would make for quite an anvil.  I suppose the situation is
> > > different for a one-piece machine.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 08:05 PM, Shannell Sugrue wrote:
> > >
> > >> From what Ive gathered, 10 to 1 is a good compromise, mines about 9:1,
> I
> > >> think 15:1 is optimal, above that is a waste, if I recall, anvil fire
> > >> has a
> > >> little write up on this and what the commercial hammers use.
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
> > >> To: <[email protected]>
> > >> Sent: 23 March, 2003 12:53 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Power hammer questions
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> I'm contemplating a self contained hammer in the 100 lb. range.
> > >>>
> > >>> How heavy should the anvil be? Is there a ratio I can apply?
> > >>>
> > >>> Frosty
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> > >>> it ain't real.
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