StirlingFreePistonCooler

(FPSC)

OperationsManual

1December2018

1TABLEOFCONTENTS

1Manufacturing4

1.1InnerCylinder4

1.2GranderCylinder5

1.3DisplacerShell6

1.4Piston-DisplacerShaft7

1.5Piston-SolenoidAssembly7

1.6RegeneratorCap,MotorHousingCapSolenoidRetainer8

1.7MotorHousingCylinder9

1.8WireFeed-ThroughSeal10

1.9ArduinoCasing11

1.10CoolerSpace11

2Assembly11

2.1ScrewsBolts12

2.2ExternalFrameworkandStructure12

2.3ThreadedInterfaces13

2.4MagnetInterface14

2.4.1AdhesionMethodology14

2.4.2Additional“Bounce-back”Material14

2.5Gaskets15

2.6Inner-GranderCylinderInterface15

2.7GranderCylinder17

2.8SolenoidRetainer17

2.9MotorHousing19

2.9.1MotorHousingCap19

2.10CoolerSpace20

2.11ArduinoImplementationofthePressureSensorThermocouples20

2.12MotorControl22

3Operation23

3.1HMIInterface23

3.2CompressingtheSystem23

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3.2.1PressureSpecificationImplication23

3.3ArduinoTemperatureandPressureResults24

4MaintenanceTroubleshooting24

4.1MotorControl24

4.1.1REPLACINGTHEMOTORUSED24

4.2RegeneratorMaterial24

4.3ReplacingThermocouplesthePressureSensor24

4.4PressureLeaks25

4.5SolenoidWon’tActuate25

4.5.1SOLENOIDRETAINERALIGNMENT25

4.5.2