Thread: Plastic Pneumatics Tanks / FRC1114
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Re: Plastic Pneumatics Tanks / FRC1114
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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon View Post
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
Team 33 graciously gifted 4 of them to us for our Robot "Pneuman". We will be adding 4 of these for 9 clippards.

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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Last edited by R3P0 : 16-03-2011 at 08:19. Reason: added link to pneuaire cylinder we are using