Just a Sparky
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- May 2, 2020
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Just a little bit of curiosity going on here. I've got an old 3 ton Greenerd arbor press with a round ram in it. Most other press manufacturers use square rams.
Are there any particular reasons that come to mind which might make one design preferable to the other? Did the engineers just shrug their shoulders and say; "Eh, let's make it round!" ?
Mind you Greenerd has been using the round ram design since the 1890's. Is it just a habitual thing that has stuck around with them to this day?
Are there any particular reasons that come to mind which might make one design preferable to the other? Did the engineers just shrug their shoulders and say; "Eh, let's make it round!" ?
Mind you Greenerd has been using the round ram design since the 1890's. Is it just a habitual thing that has stuck around with them to this day?