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Fluid power actuator data for AI stroke and configuration records

Fluid power cylinders and actuators form a defined Census category.

By Fiund · Updated 2026-11-05

NAICS 333995 · Fluid Power Cylinder and Actuator Manufacturing

Fluid power cylinders and actuators form a defined Census category. An original document-and-image task can keep a stroke reference, mounting configuration and specimen identity attached to the right source. Census actuator scope

Create a fictional actuator drawing, a variant register and harmless paper props showing two positions. Define the reference points for the exercise's measurements. Ask the assistant which observation answers the stated requirement. Include a similar variant with different mounting references and a dimension measured from the wrong reference edge. The key should identify those distinctions explicitly.

Annotate variant, reference points, position, specimen, unit and drawing revision. Hold out a new drawing layout for evaluation. Score a nearby dimension substituted for the requested measurement, wrong-mounting association and unsupported specimen identity independently. Supply any intended arithmetic rule so the answer can be reconstructed from the records.

Use original designs and invented values without energizing equipment. Customer interfaces, licensed specifications, proprietary production information and laboratory reports require appropriate permission. Describe the reference-review task and qualified key to prospective buyers. Their accepted brief should determine any larger archive or authorized capture.

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Original Fiund exercise

A visible change is only a partial interval

Paper drawings show two positions of a fictional actuator. No actual hydraulic conditions are modeled.

Fictional records supplied to the evaluator
RecordSourceWhat it records
1Toy variant cardFull span is distance between positions marked fully in and fully out.
2Image pairMarker moves from 10 mm to 34 mm between views, same ruler.
3Capture noteNeither view identified as an endpoint.

Question for the model

What distance can the two images support?

Show the reference answer and checks

The observed movement is 24 mm using the shared ruler in record 2. Record 3 leaves endpoint status unknown, so the 24 mm cannot be called the full stroke defined in record 1. Keep observed travel and full range as separate fields.

  • Reporting a partial movement as full stroke
  • Inferring endpoints from the first and last capture frames

Fields to preserve

position_mm
Stores each observed coordinate
endpoint_status
Gates full-span claims
scale_reference
Confirms both views share a coordinate basis

Test another case

Label both endpoint views and include a shifted ruler in one image; require alignment before computing the full span.

No actual actuator pressure, fit guidance, operating procedure or mechanical limits.

Download this fictional example and answer key (JSON)

Discuss a contribution

Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.

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