Introduction

Now that you have read up on double-acting cylinders, you will operate a double-acting cylinder without DCV. The following video will explain how you set up the lab.

Extend |
Retract |

Lab Materials

- FRL
- Double acting cylinder
- 3-port manifold
- Hoses

Lab Instructions

1. Make sure you are wearing safety glasses.
2. Make sure that the orange shutoff valve is shut off before you start hooking up any components.
3. Make sure that 2 of the 3 ports on the silver manifold are plugged.
4. Take a hose from the silver manifold, and run it to the rod side of the double-acting cylinder.
5. Video yourself doing steps 6-10.
6. Turn on the orange shutoff valve, and set the "FR" unit to 60 PSI. Check to make sure that your cylinder is retracted.
7. Turn off the orange shutoff valve, remove the hose from the "Rod Side" of the cylinder (FYI, when you remove the hose, a small hiss of air will happen), and put the hose on the cap side of the cylinder.
8. Turn on the orange control valve. As you do this, your cylinder should extend.
9. Turn off the orange control valve, switch the hose again to the "Rod End" of the cylinder, and turn on the orange control valve. The cylinder should retract.
10. Turn off the orange control valve, and disconnect the hose going to the "Rod End" of the cylinder so that there is no pressurized air in the system.

Submission

To complete this lab, submit your video according to the criteria in the rubric.

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