press flexion
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You can place another board under the bottom or top mold to close the gap. The other option is to place thin spacers (I use 1/8 hardboard, 3 of them) under the bottom of the top mold in the tip and tail sections to force the hose into the bottom tip and tail blocks. Try either of those options first. You may have to shorten the height of the tip/tail blocks.
add a brace in the middle to stop deflection...1cm is quite a bit. some angle iron and flat bar should do the trick. just have a look at the journals on here to see how people are building their support braces.
your hose inflates too much, thats why it doesn't conform to your mold. try to make the gap between the top and bottom mold as small as possible so the bladder doesn't inflate that much. that should solve your issues.
btw, both your problems aren't new to this community...try searching for them on google
your hose inflates too much, thats why it doesn't conform to your mold. try to make the gap between the top and bottom mold as small as possible so the bladder doesn't inflate that much. that should solve your issues.
btw, both your problems aren't new to this community...try searching for them on google
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I dont understand what yo mean in the first post sorry, my english is not that good. Do you have an example?gozaimaas wrote:The worst effect I can see assuming you have enough downforce across the entire job is that your bottom mould will no longer be accurate.
Go back and read my previous post if you really want to eliminate the problem.
I thought that the bottom mold will keep doing the same effect because is the bladder that adapts to the deflection of the press.
I might be wrong.
Thanks for your help!
Ok, if you want to stop the steel beams from flexing under pressure one of the best ways is to counter act the flex in the first place. You can easily do this by running a few welds across the top of the beam.JoseSnow wrote:I dont understand what yo mean in the first post sorry, my english is not that good. Do you have an example?gozaimaas wrote:The worst effect I can see assuming you have enough downforce across the entire job is that your bottom mould will no longer be accurate.
Go back and read my previous post if you really want to eliminate the problem.
I thought that the bottom mold will keep doing the same effect because is the bladder that adapts to the deflection of the press.
I might be wrong.
Thanks for your help!
Hopefully this pic will make it easier to understand
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