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wyo123
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Hello,
I have an aplication that I need some adivice on.
I am building a 80' wind turbine and tower that I plan to raise and lower with a hydraulic cylinder. The Tower is 36" .468 wall pipe for 40' then necks down to 24" .375" wall pipe for 40 foot my calculations with the wind turbine says it should weigh about 15,000 lbs with a 4000 lb turbine on it. I am giving myself plenty of room here to upgrade to a bigger turbine.
I am planning on building a hinge at the base and then go up some distance and mount one end of the cylinder to the turbine, The other end will be atatched to the concrete foundation.
I am thinking about buying one of these cylinders:
1. 136" stroke, 11" bore, 7" rod not sure on the PSI but with 3K it would be good for 285 Klbs
2. 66" stroke, 7.125 bore, 5" rod, shoud be good for 120K lbs
Where woud the atatchment point have to be?
I would rather over engineer this than have a failure.
Is there anyone that has some advice on this?
Thanks
I have an aplication that I need some adivice on.
I am building a 80' wind turbine and tower that I plan to raise and lower with a hydraulic cylinder. The Tower is 36" .468 wall pipe for 40' then necks down to 24" .375" wall pipe for 40 foot my calculations with the wind turbine says it should weigh about 15,000 lbs with a 4000 lb turbine on it. I am giving myself plenty of room here to upgrade to a bigger turbine.
I am planning on building a hinge at the base and then go up some distance and mount one end of the cylinder to the turbine, The other end will be atatched to the concrete foundation.
I am thinking about buying one of these cylinders:
1. 136" stroke, 11" bore, 7" rod not sure on the PSI but with 3K it would be good for 285 Klbs
2. 66" stroke, 7.125 bore, 5" rod, shoud be good for 120K lbs
Where woud the atatchment point have to be?
I would rather over engineer this than have a failure.
Is there anyone that has some advice on this?
Thanks