A friend of mine was into hobbyist rocketry, and would make his own motors at club events out in Nevada. But that took a lot of work, and he had to manually control the press to control the pressure on the rocket motors. That consumed a ton of time, and I wanted to automate the process for him. This is the first step in that process. The goal of this project wad to be able to set the goal PSI of the press, and have an in line pressure sensor continually check the PSI. When the PSI of the press reached the goal PSI set in the computer, the pump reversed direction, and the PSI was brought to 0. In actuality, instead of relays to a pump, either a red light was turned on, or a green light was turned on.
Hobbyist Hydraulic Press
Automate the controls for a hydraulic press.
Thanks to Nile Mittow and Hacker Lab and Intel.
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