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HYDRAULICS
Hydraulics is a topic in applied science and engineering dealing with
the mechanical properties of liquids. At a very basic level hydraulics is
the liquid version of pneumatics. Fluid mechanics provides the
theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering
uses of fluid properties. In fluid power, hydraulics is used for the
generation, control, and transmission of power by the use of pressurized
liquids. Hydraulic topics range through some part of science and most of
engineering modules, and cover concepts such as pipe flow, dam design,
fluidics and fluid control circuitry, pumps, turbines, hydropower,
computational fluid dynamics, flow measurement, river channel
behavior and erosion.
As the clamp piston is moved forward during the clamp close function,
the pressure developed acts upon the clamping piston which has a
certain size or area.
A basic formula in hydraulics states that pressure multiplied by area to
which that pressure is applied equals force. i.e. pressure x area = force
pxA=F
The formula can be manipulated to calculate any one of the three
variables p, A or F, if any of the other two variables are known.
As follows:
pxA=F
F/p=A
F/A=p
Pressure
Hydraulic pressure is generated when a flowing fluid meets resistance
which is generally related to the load that is being moved.
Uses
Electric motors are used in many, if not most, modern machines.
Obvious uses would be in rotating machines such as fans, turbines,
drills, the wheels on electric cars, locomotives and conveyor belts. Also,
in many vibrating or oscillating machines, an electric motor spins an
irregular figure with more area on one side of the axle than the other,
causing it to appear to be moving up and down.
Electric motors are also popular in robotics. They are used to turn the
wheels of vehicular robots, and servo motors are used to turn arms and
legs in humanoid robots. In flying robots, along with helicopters, a
motor causes a propeller or wide, flat blades to spin and create lift force,
allowing vertical motion.
Electric motors are replacing hydraulic cylinders in airplanes and
military equipment.
In industrial and manufacturing businesses, electric motors are used to
turn saws and blades in cutting and slicing processes, and to spin gears
and mixers (the latter very common in food manufacturing). Linear
motors are often used to push products into containers horizontally.
Many kitchen appliances also use electric motors to accomplish various
jobs. Food processors and grinders spin blades to chop and break up
foods. Blenders use electric motors to mix liquids, and microwave ovens
use motors to turn the tray food sits on. Toaster ovens also use electric
motors to turn a conveyor to move food over heating elements.
CONCLUSION
You can modulate hydraulics better and it takes more skill to keep
mechanicals from locking up.
They have the same terminal stopping power.
Mechanicals are easier to adjust, maintain and repair but properly set
up hydraulics almost never need adjustment, maintenance or repair.
Hydraulics tend to give you more braking power and have a smoother
feel to them but most riders- I don't care who they are unless they are
competing- don't need hydraulics.