Creator:Robert Berkovitz,Transis-Tronics Inc Date Created:March 1, 1962 Place Created:Santa Monica, California Keywords:Transis-Tronics,high pressure systems Context:information from Transis-Tronics regarding new high-pressure systems ************************************************** transis-tronics, inc. transistor engineered components 1601 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica California GLadstone 1-1401 March I, 1962 AIR MAIL Mr. H. T. Hall Brigham Young University Provo, Utah Dear Mr. Hall: We are pleased to enclose for your consideration a booklet DESCRIBING THE PERFORMANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BEING OFFERED BY OUR COMPANY FOR RESEARCH USE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE TEC KlLOTON HYDROPRESS, WITH ITS ACCOMPANYING PUMP AND INSTRUMENTATION, REPRESENTS A MOST USEFUL INVESTMENT FOR INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRIES DOING WORK IN THE HIGH PRESSURE FIELD. The initial design of the press was by Professor George C. Kennedy of the University of California at Los Angeles, and THIS DESIGN HAS SINCE BEEN CONSIDERABLY REFINED AND IMPROVED. A NUMBER OF OUR PRESSES ARE ALREADY IN USE IN THIS COUNTRY; ADDITIONAL ORDERS AND INqUIRIES WE HAVE RECEIVED CONFIRM OUR BELIEF IN THE USEFULNESS THE PRESS WILL HAVE IN MANY RESEARCH applications. Versions which are different from the standard press may be manufactured for your special needs at moderate additional cost. The price of the standard press, illustrated IN THE ACCOMPANYING LITERATURE, IS $24,800, F.O.B. OUR PLANT, Santa Monica, California. I SHALL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. Sincerely yours TRANSIS-TRONICS, INC ROBERT BERKOVITZ RB: B Enc TRANSIS-TRONICS, INC. |60I Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, California The design of the ec^uipment shown in this folder is the property of transis-tronics, Inc. This information is being delivered for your confidential and exclusive use only with respect to orders for the 6«lu ip-kent embody ing the design hereon heretofore placed with transis-TRONics, inc. or hereafter to be placed therewith and for no other purpose. possession of this information is not to be regarded by implication or otherwise in any manner the licensing of the holder or any other person or corporation to manufacture or duplicate the designs shown herein or any part related thereto or to ouplicate the drawings or information contained herein. TRANSIS-TRONICS, INC. TRANSIS-TRONICS, INC. 1601 Olympic Boulevard Santa Monica, California gladstone i-140i TEC K1L0T0N HYDROPRESS The basic design of the TEC "Kiloton" Hydropress is the work of Or. George Kennedy, formerly of Harvard University, now at the Institute of Geophysics at u.c.l.a. The original design, since refined in several significant respects, has provioed certain oata considerably more accurate than tetrahedral or belt-type apparatus permit. see! soke fixed points on the v High Pressure Scale, in "Progress in Very High Pressure Research", Wiley, New York and London, i96i. ^ In a piston-cylinder system such as the TEC Hydropress, the full thrust of the ram is borne by the face of the piston, permitting rapid and accurate pressure measurements. in tetrahedral or belt types, high pressures appear to be obtained even in the absence of a sample in the test cavity, if one monitors only the thrust on the ram. |t is furthermore impossible in these systems to measure the compressibilities of samples or reversible phase changes in samples by volume. not the least difficulty is that of bringing leads from the apparatus. In the TEC Hydropress it is quite simple to track the motion of the piston against ram pressure, so that phase changes, compressibilities and equations of state can reaoily be determined. provision is made for leading out a large number of wires from the high-pressure cavity, so that many characteristics of the sample may be monitored during a run. The TEC Hydropress is designed and engineered to apply a main cylinder thrust of approximately 1,100 tons. wfere appropriate piston materials available, this force would concentrate about 750,000 atmospheres, or ii million psi (800,000 KG/cm2) on the cross-section area of a half-inch piston. With larger piston areas, of course, correspondingly smaller pressures would be developed. as protection for the motor and hydraulic components, however, operating limits are set at 600 tons for electric ano 800 tons for manual operation. the main cylinder has a raoius of 5 inches, i.oor. The press ss normally supplieo with all tools Required for single-stage and supporteo-piston operation; with the tungsten carbide pistons supplieo, the former method readily permits pressures of 55»000 atmospheres to be achieved, the latter extending this to approximately 80,000 atmospheres. With appropriate furnace elements, temperatures of 1,800° centigrade may be maintained. the standard sample cavity formed by the tool stack supplied is '1-inch in diameter and 2 inches in length; modifications may be made during manufacture to increase these dimensions up to 2 inches diameter ano 6 inches in length, at moderate additional cost. an exceptionally reliable doublt-acting pump of our own design is fitted to the press, for which variable-speed control is optionally available. TO complement the press, a stock of standard furnaces ano pistons, as well as spare parts, will be maintained at our santa monica facility. our production of these items in substantial quantity should permit economical operation by owners of TEC presses, as well as availability of parts by air shipment to any part of the world. TEC Kilqtoh Hydropress Page 2 The accompanying drawings illustrate the construction and method of operation of the press. the press structure is supplied mounted upon a steel pedestal base several inches thick, with angle brackets for bolting to a floor; a console mounted alongside the press on the same pedestal contains gauges for monitoring main and end-loading ram pressure, valves, electrical switches, manual and electric pumps, fluid reservoir ano furnace voltage control system. Power requirements for press operation are 280-230 volts, 5-fhase, capable of delivering 40 amperes; included in this figure is an estimated 10 amperes of safety margin. the cost of the press is $24,800, f.o.b. our plant, Santa Monica, California.* The delivery time from receipt of purchase order will vary between 90 to 180 days. all presses are fully tested in operation before shipment, ano are warranteo to be free of defects in material or workmanship ano capable of providing the pressures specified above with no parts other than those provided with the press. since press, control system and instrumentation are shipped as an integral unit, and operation is quite simple, no uniform provision is made for factory supervision of installation. personnel are available, however, to execute or supervise start-up ano operation, at nominal cost. * as the press is constantly under study with the object of refining its oesign and increasing its capability, its specifications and price are subject to change. FRANSSS-TRONJCS, INC. !60I Olympic Boulevard Samta Monica, California gladstone I-1401 TEC KiLOTON HYDROPRESS INSTRUCTIONS j# General Description. The TEC Kiloton Hydropress Model 3 «s similar in DESIGN TO ONE USED EXTENSIVELY FOR HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH FOR SOME YEAR5 PAST: EXPERIENCE GAINED WITH THE PROTOTYPE PRESS HAS SEEN APPLIED TO CONSIDERABLY EXPAND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE UNIT. THE TEC PRESS IS OF THE PISTON-CYLINDER TYPE, AND IS SUPPLIED WITH DIES ANO PISTONS FOR ONE - OR TWO-STAGE OPERATION! PRESSURES UP TO 80,000 BARS (1,200,000 PS I) MAY BE OBTAINED IN VOLUMES l/2" X 2" IN TWO-STAGE OPERATION. PRESSURES OF 55,000 BARS (725,000 PSl) MAY BE ROUTINELY ACHIEVED IN ONE-STAGE OPERATION, AT TEMPERATURES OF 1,800 OEGREES CENT E GRADE. These pressures are obtaineo by advancing a hydraulic ram of 750 tons thrust WHICH PRESSES A CARBIDE PISTON INTO A SUPPORTED CAR8IDE PRESSURE VESSEL. A SEPARATE RAM OF 400 TONS THRUST SUPPLIES END LOAD TO THE PRESSURE VESSEL. The press >s supplieo complete with manual and electric pump, gauges, two- STAGE OIES ANO CARBIDE PISTONS AND CORES. NOTE: OlES AND TOOLS REQUIRED FOR PRESS OPERATION ARE MAINTAINED IN STOCK at Santa Monica, California, by Transis-Tronics, Inc. These parts, designed ESPECIALLY FOR THE TEC KlLOTON HYDROPRESS, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SHORT NOTICE FOR REPLACEMENT PURPOSES, OR, AS IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, TO ENABLE PRESS OWNERS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THESE CHANGES QUICKLY AND AT LOW COST. 2. LOCATION OF CONTROLS. THE PRESS IS OPERATED BY MANIPULATING THE COLOR-CODED HANDLES OF TEN HYDRAULIC VALVES, TWO ELECTRICAL SWITCHES, AND A HAND-OPERATED PUMP. THE TEMPERATURE IN THE PRESSURE VESSEL, OBTAINED BY RESISTANCE HEATING OF AN ELECTRODE (NOT SUPPLIED) WITHIN THE SPECIMEN CHAMBER, MAY BE ADJUSTED BY VARYING THE VOLTAGE SUPPLIED THROUGH THE VARIABLE RHEOSTAT MOUNTED ON THE UPPER PANEL OF THE CONTROL CONSOLE. THE HYDRAULIC VALVES ARE INSTALLED ON THE HORIZONTAL PORTION OF THE CONTROL console; their coding and function are described in section 4 below. The hand pump is attached to the side of the control console. 5. Set-up of Tool Stack for Operation. The attacheo drawing (Fig. l) shows the correct method of stacking tools for two-stage operation. 4. operatiqh checklist, 1. Close all valves by turning clockwise. Turn off power switches FOR PUMP AND FURNACE. 2. Check a.c. power supply. This must be 220-volt, 3-phase, capable OF DELIVERING 40 AMPERES FOR PRESS OPERATION ANO A MARGIN OF SAFETY. 5. Before operating pres$, remove rubber protector underneath large (Heise) gauge pointer. TEC Kiloton Hydropress - Instructions Pace 2 4. Open HAND PUMP valve (BROWN) or ELECTRIC PUMP valve (ORANGE). The press must not be operated unless one of these valves and a pair of cylinoer movement valves are open. 5. Open the pair of valves which correspond to the cylinder movement 6. Close safety shield; then operate hand pump, or throw switch to actuate electric pump. Turn off switch, then close valves, when movement is to be stopped. 7. The electric pump is protected by a blowout seal of 15>350 psi rating, just inside the access door. after replacing seal, be certain that all air has been bled from blowout chamber before pumping oil to cylinders. TO BLEED AIR FROM BLOWOUT CHAMBER: Open valves labeleo "Electric Pump" (ORANGE), "Master Ram Up" (RfeD) and "Master Ram Oil Return" (YELLOW), close all others. throw switch to actuate electric pump, rap blowout seal chamber lightly until air bubbles cease to pass through transparent plastic hose return to reservoir. desired: Movement Open LOVCR CYLINDER UP LOV€R CYLINDER DOWN UPPER CYLINOER UP UPPER CYLINDER DOWN « TRANS 8S-TRONICS, INC. |60| Olympic Boulevard Santa Monica, California PRESS ASSEMBLY PARTS L8ST FOR TEC K8LOTOM PRESS DESCRIPTION Main Platek Locator Lower Retaining Ring Main Cylinder Columns Main Piston Upper Sealing Ring Top Bearing Hex Nuts Columns Guide Holoing Platen Back-up Plate Main Platen Lower Sealing Ring Lower Retainer Piston Holding Cylinder Upper Seal Ring Top Bearing Plate Holoing Platen Lower Seal Ring 5/8 - fi8 x 6 Socket Head Screw 0 Ring Back-up Riwg 8/2 - 20 x 8 8/2 - 20 x I 0 Ring Back-up Ring 8/2 - 83 x * Back-up Ring 0 Rung 0 Ring Back-up Rung Socket Head Screw 8/^ Socket Head Screw Socket Head Screw PART NO. 8008 8002 3003 5004 8005 ioo6 8 8 8009 9080 8081 8082 8013 8084 1015 8086 8017 {0l8 8089 1020 8028 8022 8000-2 1000-6 1000-7 1000-80 8000-81 8000-93 8000-84 8000-20 8000-25 8000-26 8000-30 9000-31 TEC Kiloton Press Parts List (Con't) Page 2 PUMP QUANT8TY DESCRSPT80TC PART NOo I Base 2008 8 Flywheel Crank 2002 I Arm Crank 2003 1 Sua Base 2004 2 Gasket 2005-8 4 Seal Spacer A 2005-2 2 Gland Nut a 2005-3 2 Spring 20054 4 Washed 2006-11 4 Backup Rikg A 2006-2 4 Backup Rikg B 2006-3 2 Seal Spacer B 2006-4 2 Gland Nut B 2006-5 1 Spacer Arm 2007 8 Arm A 2008-8 9 Arm B 2008-2 8 Pivot Arm 2009 8 Piston 2080 8 Body A 2011 9 Body B 2082 8 Motor 8 8/2 hp 68 rpm 2000-8 4 8/2 Flat washer 2000-2 4 8/2 - 83 x 2 Hex Head Bolt 2000-3 2 5/86 - 8 x 2 Socket Head Set Screw 2000-4 5 Bost #8»0-4 Bronze Bearing 2000-5 2 Bost #TB-8j4 Bronze Bearing 2000-6 1 i/2" 08A x 8 8/4 Shoulder Screw 2000-7 8 8/2" Flay Washer 2000-8 8 8/4 x 8/4 x 2 8/2" Key 2000-9 2 ,250 Ball 2000-10 2 .500 Ball 2000-8 1 2 Aminco Sleeve 45-33l6 2000-12 2 Aminco Gland Nut 45-1383 2000-83 4 l/2M x 8 3/8" Dowel 2000-84 4 8/4 - 20 x I Socket Screw 2000-85 6 8/4 - f3 c 8 3/4 Socket Screw 2000-86 6 9/2 0x2 Dowel 2000-87 4 8/2 - 83 k 8 Socket Screw 2000-10 2 Graphite Rope Packing 2000-89 8 Transformer 880-220 v Pri 6 v Sec 5«VA A 8 Powerstat 7.8 KVA 220v Series 1256c B 8 Control Console (TEC) C 8 30—amp Switch for heating system D 9 20—amp Switch for Pump Motor E 8 #8000 Jenny Hand Pump F 9 Press Pedestal Base (TEC) G 8 Fluid Reservoir Tank (TEC) H 9 20,000 PS 9 4 8/2" Gauge 8 8 30,000 PS8 |6" J TEC Kiloton Press Parts List (Con'tJ Pace 3 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS QUANTITY DESCRIPTION PART 10 Valves K Tees L Ells M 6 Connectors N 2 Plugs 0 2 Adapters P 6o rt. Tubing Q 6 90° Ell R 3 Tee S 3 Half Unions T 2 Hex Busmkngs U 2 locknuts V The design of the equipment shown on this drawing is the property of Transis-Tronics, Inc. Possession of the print is not to be regarded by implication or otherwise in any manner the lice8sing of the holder or any other person or corporation to manufacture or duplicate the patented design or any part related thereof.