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Plastic Pneumatics Tanks / FRC1114
Having had the opportunity to check out 1114's robot at the Pittsburgh Regional this weekend, they had pneumatic tanks that appeared to be made of a plastic, and I was told they were about half the weight of the standard Clippard tanks. Anyone know where to find these, or something like them?
Thanks, --Ryan |
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148 led us here, they had plastic tanks also: http://www.pneuaire.com/reca28cuin.html
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They are the same tanks we are using. 1114 found them and shared the information with us. We are using 8 of them with no pump. When using the off board pump it takes us almost 7 minutes to fill to 120psi.
They can be found here: http://www.pneuaire.com/reca44cuin.html They are very light and have a lot more volume than the clippard tanks we are used to using. |
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We are also using these. One of our mentors found them.
They weigh about .6 lbs as opposed to our previous tanks which weigh about 1 lbs each. They also hold about 30% more air than our old tanks. Definatly worth looking into for anyone using air. |
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I miss the old days when you had to design your pneumatic system around how much air you could store. Oh well.
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Thanks for the heads up on these. These are a great and affordable resource. When/if you buy one of these tanks, make sure you put in the comments it is for FIRST Robotics. Maybe a new sponsor for the kit... |
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I'm looking into these now... They look very nice weight-wise.
Do they have the same thread sizes for KOP fittings? |
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We use these as well, after 1114 pointed them out to us. We love them.
-Nick |
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Thanks Paul, Rick, Bryan and everyone. Looks like we may have weight for the mini launcher after all... :)
--Ryan |
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To the teams that used these:
How did you "prove" the working pressure is rated at 125 psi to your inspectors? Is a print-out of the specs on their website sufficient, or is there a specsheet somewhere? Thanks! |
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weight .50 compared to .88 ( roughly from memory) cu in 44 compared to 16 http://www.pneuaire.com/reca44cuin.html We ordered the kewl standoffs for them too. I'll post pictures next week during our maintenance window. |
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