Recent content by bijoy Thomas

Hi CWatters, We used to clamp the piston using a through pin since there is a hole but we are in the process of making a universal fixture that fits all our pistons of different pump variants and not all of them have a through hole and moreover the dimensions of hole vary making it hard to clamp...

Hi russ, Thank you for the reply. I am just working on the process of assembling an oil pump that has a piston moving up and down in it. However the torque that i have mentioned here is not regarding the funtionality of the pump but on how the pump is actually manufactured/assembled. In the...

I am using a pneumatic piston to exert the force

Hi Guys, I am am trying to find out the force required to hold a piston in its place without rotating during an assembly process. The torque applied on the piston is nearly 50 Nm and the wrench has a length of 250mm. Would T-rfsin(theta) solve my issue? or is there something else I would have to...

Hi Guys, My name is Bijoy,I am Currently working in australia as a process engineer.