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Ergonomics - Atlas Copco

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RRH machines serves two functions. It acts<br />

as a mass spring system to isolate vibra-<br />

tions, while conveying feed forces from the<br />

handle to the process.<br />

The mobile cylinder and valve system<br />

are housed in a low-friction bearing in the<br />

machine housing. At one end of the cylinder<br />

there is a servo piston.<br />

When the hammer is fitted with a<br />

riveting die and pressed against a rivet,<br />

the first task of the damping system is to<br />

transfer feed force applied to the handle to<br />

the rivet. When force is applied, the servo<br />

piston moves backwards inside the tool,<br />

gradually exposing an inlet hole into a<br />

volume in the handle. At the same time, it<br />

gradually closes an outlet hole. Air pres-<br />

sure in the volume in the handle then<br />

increases until there is a balance between<br />

the inlet and outlet flow.<br />

Pressure acting on the damping piston<br />

produces a force that corresponds to the<br />

feed force. If the feed force increases or<br />

decreases, the system responds with a cor-<br />

responding pressure change. This change<br />

has a limiting frequency of about 5 Hz.<br />

With faster changes, such as the im-<br />

pact rate of the hammer, the system will<br />

not have time for air pressure changes in<br />

the volume. Thus, that volume of air now<br />

acts as a spring, the handle is a mass and<br />

the system has efficient vibration isolation<br />

(weighted value

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