Title: Trainer Lab #7: Operating a Single-Acting Cylinder
Course: Fluid Power Pneumatics (Sandbox) > Section: Module 5: Breaking Down a Pneumatic System / Work Side - 10 Hours

Introduction

Now that you know how to operate a double-acting cylinder and have read up on a single-acting cylinder, you will operate a single-acting cylinder. The following video will explain how to set up the lab.

Lab Instructions

1. Wear safety glasses.
2. Shut off the orange shutoff valve 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 "P" port on the Manually Operated Valve.
5. Take a 12" hose (approximate length) and run it from the "A" port on the Manually Operated Valve to the rod side of the Small Double-Acting Cylinder.
6. Take a 12" hose (approximate length) and run it from the "B" port on the Manually Operated Valve to one of the ports on a "TEE". Then take two more 12" hoses and run one from one of the other ports on the "TEE" to the non-rod side of Small Double-Acting Cylinder. Attach the other hose to the other port on the "TEE", and run it to the non-rod side of the Small Single-Acting Cylinder. (Refer to the video for further explanation.)
7. Push the Manually Operated Valve to the left.
8. Video yourself doing steps 9-11.
9. Turn on the orange shutoff valve, and set the "FR" unit to 60 psi. Check that your cylinder is retracted.
10. Shift the Manually Operated Valve back and forth. Check that the cylinders are extending and retracting together.
11. Turn off the orange shutoff valve, cycle the Manually Operated valve back and forth a couple of times so that there is no stored air in the system, unhook the hoses, and put everything away.

Submission

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

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