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Help Ben Create an Automatic Can Crusher -- Episode 3

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Ben's friend The Longhorn Engineer challenges him to build an automatic, domestic can crusher. Ben also starts building the case for the Xbox 360 laptop.

 

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  • I built a can crusher a few years ago to demonstrate proper vs. improper lockout/tagout using a small tank for air storage, a pneumatic cylinder, pneumatic solenoid valve, and a switch.  I demonstrated that although you can lockout the power, by activating the manual override on the solenoid valve, there was still a potential for injury.  Nothing drives the point home like a little destruction!

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  • I built a can crusher a few years ago to demonstrate proper vs. improper lockout/tagout using a small tank for air storage, a pneumatic cylinder, pneumatic solenoid valve, and a switch.  I demonstrated that although you can lockout the power, by activating the manual override on the solenoid valve, there was still a potential for injury.  Nothing drives the point home like a little destruction!

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