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 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets are written by Xem Studio from the cited sources and are free to use (CC BY 4.0, attribute 'Xem Studio'). Linked files belong to their publishers under the license shown; Xem Studio does not host them. 'license_verified: false' means the license shown is from memory or the publisher's page as last read and should be confirmed at the link before commercial use.",
 "slug": "list-tri-clamp-walking-beam-gamma",
 "name": "Build list: Tri-clamp walking-beam gamma generator, 2 in, chargeable",
 "kind": "list",
 "category": "Stirling engines",
 "group": "Guide",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What parts do I need to build a Tri-clamp walking-beam gamma generator, 2 in, chargeable?",
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  "list",
  "build",
  "stirling",
  "long earth society",
  "tri-clamp",
  "diaphragm",
  "gamma",
  "beam engine",
  "piston",
  "pressurised",
  "generator",
  "torch"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "walking beam stirling engine",
  "beam engine tri clamp",
  "stirling generator desk",
  "tri clamp tee stirling",
  "stirling engine build list"
 ],
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  "height": null
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   "The classic desk walking-beam Stirling in tri-clamp: a standard 2 in tee with the closed hot spool on one run end over the burner, the bored power cylinder standing on its branch, a T-beam on a post taking the piston to the crank, the displacer rod straight to the same crank pin, a Ø200 flywheel and a belted gimbal-motor generator.",
   "Numbers: Displacer Ø40 × 30 (37.7 mL) · piston Ø48 × 36 by a 1.2 : 1 beam (65.1 mL) · one crank pin, 90° · dead 88.2 mL (swept/dead 0.74) · model shaft power: air 1 atm 2–5 W at 600 rpm; charged 5 bar gauge: air 6–30 W at 600 rpm, helium 14–61 W at 1200 rpm · 2208 generator 6 : 1: 0.0–3.7 W at 26–28 V at 1 atm"
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  "stirling-walking-beam",
  "round-belt-generator-drive",
  "list-tri-clamp-horizontal-gamma",
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  {
   "q": "How much power?",
   "a": "In the model: 2–5 W at the crank at 600 rpm open to air (0.0–3.7 W at 26–28 V electrical); charged 6–30 W on air, 14–61 W on helium at 1200 rpm."
  },
  {
   "q": "Why the filler plugs?",
   "a": "An empty 2 in tee is about 390 mL of gas that would swing with the piston and do no work."
  },
  {
   "q": "Can it run uncharged?",
   "a": "Yes: open the bounce-space ports."
  },
  {
   "q": "What are the clamps?",
   "a": "High-pressure bolted sanitary clamps, rated above the relief setting."
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