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Originally Posted by John N  The longer stroke of a steam hammer gives pleanty on room for tooling for ring forging (becking saddles etc) compared to the shorter stroke of a 'self contained' type hammer.
If the environmental impact of running live steam is to much it may be worth doing a cost benefit analysis of converting to compressed air.
You can save additional money on a 'live' steam setup by futher pre-heating the boiler feed water using a secondary boiler flue gas economiser (heat exchanger), there are some critical design considerations with these, but they are becoming increasingly popular as energy costs increase. |
Well, converting to a compressed air setup is gonna be big bucks. the hammer itself isnt the prob. We are actually wanting to do some good by re condensing the steam in a resorvior so that we can then remove the oil from it to reuse the water. hence the thread. I am now trying to find a brand other than CIAgent as i am unable to get a response from them. the coagulent is the perfect solution, but finding one such is tough.