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Re: Run with solenoids from a spike

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Originally Posted by Doc543 View Post
The way I designed the system it will bleed all the air of the working end to the atmosphere, but I also got it to not release the air from the storage end. When it bleeds all the air form the working end it will release all the air in the cylinders form the robot so it would have no compressed air in it when the robot is off.
That's the thing though, in the process of releasing the pressure, whether it be from the High or Low(working) pressure side, chances are, parts will be moving as the cylinders lose pressure.
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