Posted by Tom Fleming on August 23, 2011 at 03:56:52 from (67.20.249.95):
In Reply to: Log splitter posted by devo on August 22, 2011 at 11:30:08:
Available pressure on the ram is based upon surface area (as people have stated). take the radius of the cylinder (diameter divided by 2) and multiply that by 3.141 (Pi). This will give you the surface area approx. of the ram. Multiply that by 850 psi and divide by 2000. This will give you the close approx. of tons of splitting force.
Now, do the same for 2000 PSI which is probably what the current splitter is rated for. This will tell you the capacity of the splitter frame (to Wardner's point).
Larger ram will do the job, but not sure you will like the price of a 5" or 6" cylinder with a 24" stroke. Either way you can boost the pressure with a different pump or you can increase the cylinder size. Both will acomplish the same thing, but in different approaches. Both are NOT cheap.
PS: I forgot to add, that the radius is squared. My bad.
This post was edited by Tom Fleming at 17:14:27 08/23/11.
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