Hydraulic Machinery Essay

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Introduction Hydraulic machines are machinery and tools that use liquid fluid power to do simple work. Heavy equipment is a common example. In this type of machine, hydraulic fluid is transmitted throughout the machine to various hydraulic motors and hydraulic cylinders and which becomes pressurized according to the resistance present. The fluid is controlled directly or automatically by control valves and distributed through hoses and tubes. The popularity of hydraulic machinery is due to the very large amount of power that can be transferred through small tubes and flexible hoses, and the high power density and wide array of actuators that can make use of this power. Hydraulic machinery is operated by the use of hydraulics, where a liquid is the powering medium. Experiment Porpuse The porpuse of this experiment is to demonstrate how a real hydraulic machine works only by using simple materials and how can only water can lift up heavy objects using the power of hydraulics. Materials 1. Airtight plastic bag 2. Large plastic bottle 3. Scissors 4. Plastic tube 5. Tape 6. Plastic funnel 7. Spray can lid 8. Heavy book 9. Pitcher of water Procedure 1. Cover one end of the plastic tube with the plastic bag. Seal the bag to the tube, making sure the seal is airtight. 2. Cut the top off the plastic bottle and make a hole in the base. Carefully feed the bag and the tube through the hole, so the bag sits in the bottom of the bottle. 3. Seal the funnel to the other end of the tube, making sure this seal is also airtight. 4. Put the spray can lid on top of the bag. Tape it down if desired. 5. Place the heavy book on top of the bottle (and therefore on top of the spray can lid and the bag). To demonstrate the lift, carefully hold the funnel upright and slowly pour water into it and through the tube. Discussion Hydraulic
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