Imagine being the guy who invented this trying to explain to someone that the piston is the stationary part and the block is gonna be the part bouncing up and down! So awesome!
Hello, It could also be the opposite, that is, the piston could descend from the top towards the cylinder, but in this system it is too light. However, there are hammers with pistons that go down into the cylinder. Other uses, certainly.
@@liamschenk5893 yep, I’m familiar with some of those. I’ve seen some up at Oshkosh air venture. It’s amazing to see them even run. There’s one where the lifters are exposed and the oil slings out. Crazy.
@galewinds7696 was cementing on the hammer. It's basically a 1 cylinder diesel engine but there is no crankshaft. You have blows per minute but no actual rpm.
Maintain your shit. A well maintained transporter is extremely reliable. If it's being fuel hungry and unreliable, sounds like your injectors might be going bad. Badly worn nozzles, maybe even one or more stuck open. You might want to take a look at that.
@@remcovanvliet3018 I've owned it for 5 years from new, never missed a service, covered 77k miles, always serviced and maintained at main dealer. It started using water so I took it to the service centre, the EGR cooler was leaking cost 4k for repair and had major service along with gearbox service at the same time. Engine mounts replaced due to vibration, cured for 2 months only for vibration to return, turns out it was a problem with the crankshaft, another 2.5k spent along with new engine mounts again. So forgive me for my pessimism when I don't think a VW is reliable even though I maintain my shit....
Are you talking about an air-cooled Type 2 bus? Yeah, they can be needy but, because they are relatively easy to work on, they can be kept in good order and reliable. Especially now that they are fetching insane prices. Geez, I remember 20 years ago I could've picked up a mint '75 VW camper for $5000.
@@BlackPill-pu4vi no, mine is a 2019 type 6. I wish it was a type 2 like you say much easier to work on and probably worth more than the very needy one I've got 😂
They actually have those. 😆 There's a RU-vidr named: The Backyard Scientist, who bought a 1960's (I believe) pogo stick that used gasoline and a piston to bounce you back up. But they discontinued them because there dangerous. The kickback is violent and makes people buckle there knees. He made a video on it and tested it out for himself. 😉👍
I've been in the heavy equipment repair industry my entire career, but have never been up close and personal with one of these, and as such never understood what made them tick. I had the epiphany where it all clicked watching this video. Now, I'm in awe of how hilariously simple it was from the beginning. Just like another comment I saw "Imagine being the guy who invented this trying to explain to someone that the piston is the stationary part and the block is gonna be the part bouncing up and down." I was the guy the inventor was trying to explain it to. 🤣
That lever sticking down at the :45 mark is the fuel injector pump. When it makes contact with the base, it squeezes diesel or fuel-oil through the injector with enough force to atomize the fuel for combustion
Exact. The process cannot be automated, it is dangerous to then stop the process in case of malfunction. The system requires manual dexterity to allow the operator to immediately and precisely interrupt the descent of the pole into the ground. It would be easy to automate the process. But in this specific sector it is not possible.
@@thecatSimois the little balancing piece your throttle? Determines how much fuel/air is mixed in for the combustion? I noticed the more they slacked that line the higher it flew.
This isn't "pneumatic", it is powered by the diesel mechanism. It operates exactly like a 2 stroke diesel except instead of the piston moving and turning a crank, the cylinder and head moves and gravity powers the compression stroke. Cylinder comes down with fresh air, the compression heats it, the fuel pops off when the temperature reaches the critical value, half the force goes into directly driving the load, the other half goes into the cylinder, and returns to heat the next charge of air, and the cycle repeats as long as the operator keeps opening the fuel valve at the right time.
It's rather interesting that this is literally made out of a diesel locomotive piston and cylinder but with the cylinder and head attached to make a literal pile driver. Very cool.
Hi, two-stroke diesel yes. It is an engine that today is used almost exclusively for the propulsion of ships, its cycle (intake-compression-expansion-exhaust) is carried out in 360°, i.e. one revolution of the crankshaft exactly like in two-stroke engines. The main characteristic of a two-stroke Diesel cycle is that of having an exhaust opening (called port) in the cylinder walls (as in two-stroke engines with positive ignition), this port is controlled in opening and closing by the passage of the piston.
The only thing bad about diesel pile drivers is when the SCR NOX Catalyst loads with soot and has to regen! They hammer nothing lightly for about an hour!
Wow never seen one in operation what a bit of kit you can keep your hydraulics this is the way to do it ,the tree huggers might have something to say though lol
The guy with the rope is not only the failsafe to prevent runaway, but he is also a trained operator to let the stroke be large or small, according to how he times it; also to be able to stop precisely at the given mark.
Sorry to say, but the pressure (and heat) is far from what is required for forming carbon into diamond. Still, it's an impressive amount of energy and force.
