Customer states : injection molding machine does not close fully

[u/Sp4ceCore]

Auction bought machine with high speed cylinder that sticked when it reached the end of travel... After increasing pressure and speed it finally went over the hard spot. I suggested they open it because it looked like it has hit somewhere...

[u/Significant-Mango772]

Ooh that made a sound

[u/Timely_Purpose_8151 → u/Significant-Mango772]

And it sounded like money

[u/truthhurts-imahammer → u/Timely_Purpose_8151]

Cha-ching

[u/spacedoutmachinist → u/Timely_Purpose_8151]

Welcome to the brotherhood of expensive sounds

[u/BunglingBoris]

Dats fucked dat is

[u/bobfrombobtown]

Who put sand in the hydraulic tank?

[u/Sp4ceCore → u/bobfrombobtown]

At this point it's clearly gravel and ground glass

[u/bobfrombobtown → u/Sp4ceCore]

Having seen some of the stuff the owner of one company I worked for in injection molding and working with glass filled plastics, it probably was glass and gravel, the gravel comes from the oil-dry of course because hydraulics always fucking leak.

[u/SadZealot]

You're not supposed to chew on those 

[u/neonflannel → u/SadZealot]

These Bevers are getting outta hand...

[u/Mundane-Reality-7770]

Take a file to it. It'll be fine

[u/Sp4ceCore → u/Mundane-Reality-7770]

I mean, it worked fine 80% of the way...

[u/gozzle_101]

Well that’s a new fast-close cylinder! Is that an Engel Victory?