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evilvet
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Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:53 pm
Hi guys
Can you advise based on your experience an eBay or other source for a QEV in 1/4" that will take 300psi ?
My searches turn up a few usual suspects from HK but all state 10kgf/cm2 which I make to be 150psi. This is actually not for a cannon; I am helping a mate with a pneumatic ram but figured you might have a lead.
TIA
(sellers that will post to Oz would be useful

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Zeus
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Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:51 pm
I bought
this one, arrived in 9 days, handles 450psi regularly, can't recommend it enough.
/sarcasm, /hyperbole
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jackssmirkingrevenge
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:32 am
Zeus wrote:I bought
this one, arrived in 9 days, handles 450psi regularly, can't recommend it enough.
This one
Same as the second one I linked to but 1/4".
evilvet, what diameter is the ram, and what will it be used for?
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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POLAND_SPUD
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:11 am
can't help now as I am leaving for work soon
might I ask what will it be used for ? if it's for increasing venting speed of a single acting air cylinder (so what these things are normally used for) then 1/2" might be an overkill... well unless the air cylinder is really huge
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archie370
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:07 pm
Why can't you make one that will withstand that amount of pressure ... ?
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Zeus
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:11 pm
Because a homemade valve won't withstand tens of thousands of cycles, whereas that's what a QEV does. And the fella who's getting the valve may not know how to service it.
Thanks for fixing that up JSR.
/sarcasm, /hyperbole
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archie370
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:15 pm
Mmm that is a good point that didn't even cross my mind ....
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evilvet
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:32 pm
Thanks all, much appreciated.
I don't know much about the application, we were discussing engineering problems over seven or eight glasses of red watching the Melbourne Cup and the question arose on how to get a large volume of air in a very short time.
I suspect it has to do with delivering material into a furnace as that is what my mates main game is, furnace engineering.
Thanks again
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Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:46 pm
Even a smaller bore (say 1/4") QEV should be adequate in that case, and better suited to take higher pressures.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life