Hydraulic Cylinder Selection for Industrial Applications

HydraCyl version 1.30

To run this demonstration version of HydraCyl on your system, simply do the following:

1. Under DOS:

- Switch to directory where HydraCyl resides.

- Type HC and press ENTER.

2. Under Windows:

- Start Microsoft Windows

- Choose Program Manager.

- Switch to directory where HydraCyl resides.

- Point and click the mouse to HC.PIF

Please take the time to look through the HydraCyl on-line help system, as complete information on the use and operation of HydraCyl is contained there. The help topics "Introduction", "Using HydraCyl", "Keyboard & Mouse Use" and "Help", will be of particular benefit in getting you up and running.

Once you are inside HydraCyl, mouse users need only point and click to carry out the desired actions. If you are using the keyboard, press the [Tab] key to switch between command buttons and then press the [Enter] key to activate the selected button. From most places in HydraCyl, pressing the [Alt] key alone will activate the menu bar.

Remember that pressing the [F1] key from most places in HydraCyl will call up the on-line help system.

HydraCyl is a very flexible program that will allow you to enter the required inputs in any order you desire, but if you would like to have HydraCyl step you through a "fast" analysis the first (or any other time) you use it, follow these steps:

- activate the "Analysis" menu and choose "Perform Analysis", HydraCyl will report that some required information is missing and then (after you activate the <OK> button to continue) will present you with the relevant form for entering the missing inputs.

- repeat the above steps until all the required inputs have been collected, at which point instead of prompting you for missing information HydraCyl will perform its calculations (takes only couple of seconds) and present you with a message saying "Calculations Complete"

- after selecting <Ok>, you may now browse the pages of HydraCyl's analysis results (results are in light blue, your inputs are in dark blue) by using the and buttons on the "Cylinder Data" form (or by pressing the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard)

- if desired, use the "Cylinder" menu to call up any of the different input forms to change any inputs you wish, then run the analysis again to check on the new results.

You may want to start with supplied example (EXAMPLE.TXT) and follow steps decribed inside. This example is designed to help you in your first steps through HydraCyl.

For more information on using HydraCyl see the on-line help topic "Using HydraCyl" and its related linked topics. Also, the online reader for all text files is available to you. You can access to this reader from HELP menu (from withing HydraCyl).

HydraCyl will also run very well under Microsoft Windowstm if desired. If you wish to run HydraCyl under Windows, there is an icon and pif file in the HydraCyl program directory which may be used. The icon is called HC.ICO and the pif file is HC.PIF. See your Windows documentation for details on setting up new programs in Program Manager.

The latest version 1.30 of HydraCyl requires an IBM compatible 286,386 or 486 computer with 600kb of memory, VGA colour display. A mouse is optional. Microsoft DOS is required. HydraCyl will also run very well under Microsoft Windows tm if desired.

The HydraCyl demonstration software is full working version for cylinders up to 2 inch bore size.

Feel free to download demo software. Two parts are supplied for easy downloading. They are:

-First part (785 KB)

-Second part (585 KB)

Optionally you may obtain both parts from Simtel.Net:

http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/engin/hc130d-1.zip

http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/engin/hc130d-2.zip

Changes incorporated in this version are:

- Added page 8, the information on Braking Pressure when System Pressure doesn't apply to cylinder's ports, ie. Cylinder is running ahead of pump. When cylinder's orientation is 90 deg or 270 deg this page refers to free fall braking pressure.

- Added more bore/rod combinations in Cylinder General Imperial Catalogue.

- Expanded upper limits for Flow and Forces maching new bore/rod combinations.

- Reorganised access to Pipe/Tube Selection.

- Improved "Save To File" option.

- Fixed bug in Metric Cylinder Dimensions Catalogue.

This version is free for use and distribution by any media. Registration is not required for the hc130d.zip package.

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