jhoneycutt
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Design a 6 beer pneumatic bottling system and you'll have a customer.
ME!!!!
A question about air cylinders;
I have 2-1/2" bore cylinder but it has a 6" stroke. Is there any problem having the cylinder "bottom out" well before the end of the stroke? I have a feeling this is just fine but I'd like to know. I guess I could set this up to stroke out about 2" on a bomber and then I would have enough travel left to still cap a regular sized beer bottle.
I have not been able to find any spec on minimum stroke setup.
And now the final video of this prototype, bottling some beer:
http://youtu.be/b6Hz2QIyvlU
If I get an inspiration to do another one, it will have a conveyer-belt + Arduino controlled automation (... to make the bottling process even more complicated operation ...)
So -TH- are you the Todd Huizingh of the article on the pneumatic capper in BYO?
In that case:
Congratulations!
The Oxbeast lives..Thanks to everyone on this thread for the help and inspiration.
Hey guys, first of all, amazing builds! Our old homemade bench capper just conked out and I've been inspired to build a pneumatic one to replace it. Have most of the components but I was wondering about the specs for the compressors you use. I tried calculating the CFM requirements for my cylinder (0.073) but I don't think that translates in actual usage. What tank size do you think is enough? Motor size? Minimum CFM? How many bottles can you guys cap before your compressor kicks in? Thanks a lot and Happy International Beer Day!
... I can't imagine you could possibly buy a compressor too small for this application.
Good compressors are hard to come by here, we mostly get cheap Chinese direct drive ones, usually with 2hp (peak rating) motors, 20-30L tanks, and grossly overestimated CFM ratings.
Where is "here"?
So I managed to throw together the parts for a test run but capping has been inconsistent. My compressor is a direct drive 2.5hp 145FAD w/ 40L tank. I'm also using a double acting cylinder. Could either be a cause for low pressure? Maybe shorten my tubes? I get around 100 psi max on my regulator, is that enough? Anyone else have problems capping consistently?
Late to the party I know, but very cool builds so far. So it looks like the AutoCad files are no longer available. I was wondering more about the stands people are using. Were they mostly built or made by someone?
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