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Originally Posted by IndySam
It would be difficult to answer that question without knowing the details of why you are doing that.
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From what i read above, I think they clarify this as illegal. I think people should ask less questions, technically we have one solenoid for that cylinder and another to feed the solenoid. It goes from the reservoir to a single solenoid (one output is sealed and the other goes to the...) then to a double solenoid. The singles control the air flow and the doubles control the direction of the motion.
How can they expect teams to fix the problem if they give out the change the day all robots need to be sealed? Ours was crated saturday and put in the shipping room. I wonder how many inspectors will read into that rule like that; a good speaker could easily explain how this particular two solenoid setup is legal.
Well it looks like we have to go talk to another team to order three more cylinders... good luck to the rest of you.
Edit: but still looking at the rule, it gave the example of cutting off the exhaust when we are cutting off all the air in general... "Rule <R74>... For example, one solenoid may not be used to provide pressurized air through one port of a cylinder while a second solenoid is used to close the exhaust port of that cylinder..."