SUN HYDRAULICS
LEX

$180.80 USD

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Summary:Manifold

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The Sun Hydraulics LEX (Material Number: LEX) is a high-quality line mount manifold designed for hydraulic systems. This product features a through port with an additional gauge port, allowing for enhanced monitoring and control of hydraulic fluid flow. The manifold is crafted from 6061T651 aluminum, known for its excellent corrosion resistance and strength, making it suitable for various demanding environments. It includes M10x1.5 6H mounting holes with a depth of 15.7 mm, ensuring secure and stable installation with two mounting hole points available. The manifold accommodates one open cavity configured to the T18A size and has a port size of 1 BSPP. While anodizing could enhance wear resistance, Sun Hydraulics opts against this process due to potential drawbacks such as increased costs, logistical challenges, and reduced fatigue life caused by anodizing's brittle surface layer on aluminum. This decision ensures that the manifold remains robust under pressure without compromising its integrity over time. The Sun Hydraulics LEX manifold is ideal for applications requiring reliable hydraulic fluid distribution and monitoring in systems not exceeding pressures of 3000 psi (210 bar). It is essential to consider the maximum system pressure when integrating this component into your setup to ensure optimal performance and safety.

Description

Body Type	Line mountLine mount
Interface	NoneNone
Body Features	Through port with gauge portThrough port with gauge port
Mounting Hole Thread	M10x1.5 - 6HM10x1.5 - 6H
Mounting Hole Depth	.62 in.15,7 mm
Mounting Hole Quantity	22
Open Cavities	11
Cavity	T-18A
Port Size	1" BSPP1" BSPP

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Why does Sun use 6061 aluminum?	6061-T651 is relatively strong, relatively inexpensive, difficult to machine, readily available in all shapes and sizes and very corrosion resistant. 2024 is stronger and machines beautifully, but is expensive and falls to pieces in a corrosive environment.
Why doesn't Sun anodize their aluminum bodies?	Reasons to anodize: To increase corrosion resistance. Sun uses 6061-T651 aluminum. It is one of the most corrosion resistant aluminum alloys there is. Whether or not anodizing improves the corrosion resistance of 6061 aluminum is debatable. We have yet to have a manifold returned because of corrosion. Appearance (color). The 2 colors that would appeal to Sun would be blue or black. Unfortunately these are the colors that are hardest to do consistently. To provide a hard wear surface. Sun does not make parts-in-body valves. The manifold is just plumbing. We don't need a wear surface. Because everyone else does it. Bad reason. Reasons to not anodize: Cost. It's another process. Logistics. When you make tens of thousands of manifolds a month and you anodize hundreds, it's a problem. Consistency. See above. Stamping. After a body is anodized you cannot do any more stamping without making a mess.Inspection. Have you ever tried to look for burrs in a black anodized body? It's the old blackboard factory at night scenario. Torque. You will experience an increase in breakaway torque when removing items from an anodized manifold. Fatigue life. This is the best reason to not anodize. Fatigue failure is a very complex phenomenon. What it takes to initiate a crack is difficult to predict. What it takes to propagate a crack is readily defined. Anodizing produces a very thin, very hard, and very brittle surface on aluminum. The first time you pressurize an anodized aluminum manifold you have initiated fatigue cracks. Whether or not the stress is enough to propagate the cracks is a matter of pressure and manifold geometry. Anodizing an aluminum manifold grossly reduces the fatigue life by anywhere from 20% to 50%.
How big is a drop of hydraulic oil?	There are exactly 250 Sun drops in a cubic inch or 15 in a cc.

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Important: Carefully consider the maximum system pressure. The pressure rating of the manifold is dependent on the manifold material, with the port type/size a secondary consideration. Manifolds constructed of aluminum are not rated for pressures higher than 3000 psi (210 bar), regardless of the port type/size specified.

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