Troubleshooting Challenge: Cylinder Chatter Evades Solution (.PDF Download)

A distributor’s sales engineer asked us to troubleshoot a problem he was experiencing with a system he designed. We were not told what the machine did, but he gave us the schematic shown below. The problem involved chattering that occurred every time the 5-in. bore cylinder extended to lower the load.

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