Geislingercoupling

Double-acting coupling nipple unit with 13 cm³ hydraulic accumulator, coupling mechanism board and safety holder for coupling mechanism board with proximity switch

Safety holder with inductive proximity switch and plug (cable length 3 m). The safety holder takes up the uncoupled coupling board into a parking station.

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Required safety elements are already integrated. These include one hydraulic accumulator, one check valve and one pressure relief valve which protects the hydraulic accumulator from a pressure rise over 10%. The coupling unit can be equipped with two different hydraulic accumulators. HYDROKOMP recommend the accumulator with 13 cm³ nominal volume up to an oil volume of approx. 100 cm³ in the fixture. When the required oil volume is larger, the hydraulic accumulator with 40 cm³ nominal volume should be applied. The hydraulic accumulators are subject to technical rules for pressure vessels. As standard the manual coupling systems are equipped with manifold and G1/4 threaded ports for oil supply. All flange-on surfaces have O-ring counter-bores on the bottom and on the rear side, which also allow oil supply without pipes through drilled ducts.

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Founded 1998, HYDROKOMP designs, manufactures and distributes hydraulic components, coupling systems and clamping technology for mechanical engineering, fixture construction, tooling and many other branches of industry also for different operating conditions.

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Once tuning is complete and you are happy with the wheel play, then it is time to start building up layers of dry lube.  Turn the treadmill to full blast!  Add a LIBERAL amount of dry lube to all running wheels as it is traveling every 45-60 seconds. Continue this process for 10 minutes. 10 minutes at top speed should yield the equivalent of approximately 400-500 races.

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HYDROKOMP is the right supplier for companies of mechanical engineering fixture construction, tooling and many other branches of industry worldwide. Constructive ideas and customer-specific designs are our particular strengths.

1. Coupling nipple with pressure relief valve 2. Hydraulic accumulator 13 cm³ or 40 cm³ (optionally) 3. Hydraulically operated check valve Qmax. = 20l/min 4. Pressure gauge up to 600 bar 5. Pressure relief valve, opening pressure 425 bar 6. Coupling nipple for depressurized coupling

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Coupling mechanism board, which locks both components for pressure transfer. Both tension rods are inserted into the bayonet catch. Then the levers are turned to the side by 90°. Through two integrated drafts the tension rods are shortened and the coupling process is executed. The locking stroke is 5 mm.

A safety holder with an inductive proximity switch is optional available for the double-acting coupling system. The safety retainer keeps the coupling mechanism board in the decoupled state into a parking station. Through the integrated proximity switch the safety holder can be directly connected with the machine control. With that, the pallet transport is only permitted in decoupled state. With the help of a equalizer valve in the coupling nipple of the T-port the pressure rise is limited to about 5 bar in decoupled state, eg. when a leakage in the system occurs. For coupling and uncoupling of the coupling nipple unit and the coupling mechanism board both hydraulic lines must be depressurized by the hydraulic valves.

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What you have done by doing this process is used the cars weight under load to “roll” multiple layers of lube on the axle and wheel. You have also tuned your car to eliminate fish-tailing and gain greater speeds for your derby car way beyond a simple dust/ finger roll job. It does build layers of near friction-less surface on both the axles and inner wheel hubs that is good for many races.

How to apply Pinewood Derby Graphite Dry Lube is so easy, you can leave it in the hands of your cubber no matter what the age.  What important to note is correct rotation of wheels in the forward direction as if the car was traveling down the back.  If no treadmill is available, then you can substitute with finger rolling.  Just take like 30 minutes per wheel.  YES 30 mins per wheel.  If mechanical means of rotating wheels is desired or setup, please keep rpms low.  NO Dremel or High Speed Rotary Tools!

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JUST FOR THE RECORD…. How to apply Pinewood Derby Graphite Dry Lube Things will get dirty.  Yes.  If you want a fast car lubed with graphite.  Then it will be dirty.  I promise you this.  HOWEVER….. Take a paper towel.  Spray / coat a little OLIVE OIL on it then wipe your car.  Might get majority of it off.  WD-40 also does the trick, but I have found that it will probably remove your clear coat or possible strip away a matte finish paint.

Fluidcoupling

4-fold coupling mechanism board with 3x coupling mechanisms ND 5 and 1x ND 3, for depressurised coupling, customer specific design

Manual coupling systems are applied with machine tools that operate with hydraulic fixtures but do not have a standard equipment of a hydraulic interface for oil supply to the fixture pallet. The operating personnel take care of coupling and decoupling. In contrast to quick-locking couplings, manual couplings do not bear the danger of mixing up pressure line and tank line. Also, the coupling process is made much faster. After clamping the workpiece it is easy to unclamp the system without effort by the use of a hydraulically piloted check valve. Also the system pressure remains. To unclamp the system the T-port must be pressurized. At the single-acting coupling system the ball valve takes this feature.

This process will also yield the 20-30 second spin benchmark theory for FULL WEIGHT WHEELS.  Reduced weight wheels do not carry enough mass to spin for this amount of time.  If you have a wheel that is not performing this well, it could possibly be that it is out of balance or has a warped inner hub due to cooling during manufacturing. Replace it and start process over from beginning (SORRY!)  If you want the best, then this is what has to be done.

1. Hydraulic accumulator 13 cm³ or 40 cm³ (optionally) 2. Pressure gauge up to 600 bar 3. Pressure relief valve, opening pressure 425 bar 4. Flat face plug with dust cover 5. Ball valve 6. Port Ø5 mm, O-ring or screw plug 7. Cap head screws DIN 916, M6x60 (not included)

Through the integrated proximity switch the safety holder can be directly connected to the machine control. So, the pallet transport is only permitted in uncoupled state.

If satisfied PACK your car up in a racing box, and do nothing with it until race day.   No other lubing is necessary. We have not seen any data that shows any additional lube after this point helps.