[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Joe G.

Plastic air tanks were quite big last year...I know 217, 148, 1114, 125, and others used them to great effect. This thread has some good information.

We actually didn't use the plastic tanks this year...we used one big tank

You can see it below, underneath our minibot deployment. We used this one tank with the new compressor and had no issues through the entire season. The compressor hardly ever had to turn on with the size of the tank, even with a pneumatically actuated wrist and shifting drive train.




We also used a pneumatic manifold block that I'm trying to find the part number of. It was made by SMC. This type of manifold simplified our lives so much that we will never use pneumatics without one again. It allowed for clean plumbing of the system, and even allowed for additional ports at the ready if we ever needed to add something later on. I will report back when I have the exact part number because it really is the smartest thing you can do for your pneumatic system.

The rules have really only opened up in the past 2 years, so you are not that far behind the 8 ball on that front. I've heard rave reviews about the plastic tanks mentioned above. I will also chip in our rave review for one large tank if you can find a place to put it. The new pump can have it's issues with duty cycle and overheating, but we personally did not encounter those issues.

-Brando