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Re: need help picking valves and tactile switches

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Originally Posted by IndySam View Post
I don't understand all those storage tanks on the low side and feeding a cylinder through multiple valves isn't allowed.

<R74> Each commanded motion of a pneumatic cylinder or rotary actuator must be accomplished via the flow of compressed air through only one approved pneumatic valve. Plumbing the outputs from multiple valves together into the same input on a pneumatic cylinder is prohibited.
Ah, now I get that rule. When we were doing our tests this week we were able to get the speed we were looking for out of 3x 1/8 tubes, so that is why we laid it out with three. We thought ithat rule meant that we had to have a valve on each input to the cylinder. Thanks for that piece of feedback.
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