Steam Hammer- Steam,Oil Mix Problem

[rambo]

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.

[rambo]

ptree, i agree with u. it IS a prob. but as of now, trying to work out between the systems adviced above is what we are trying to do. hopefully we can get a system which can help out a lot.