Design and development of a pneumatic accelerator and its application on high speed blanking

• Main Authors: Chan, Lin Tak., Ong, Nan Shing.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Machine design and construction
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6907
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Design and development of a device called Pneumatic Accelerator to convert the low speed operation of the ram of a mechanical press to high speed operation of a ram using a differential piston arrangement and compressed air as the media. The objective is to study the design parameters involved and t...