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Re: Double Action/Spring Return Pneumatic Actuators

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Originally Posted by twiegner View Post
This is exactly what we needed, thank you so much. Not quite sure why we didn't check McMaster, I guess we don't use them much for pneumatics. Though I do have to say that if this doesn't work we are going to but some serious thought into 1 of 4 choices. 1. Carrying more air tanks 2. Carrying a compressor 3. Alex's suggestion of adding another regulator or 4. Ditching pneumatics for a rack and pinion.
While a rack and pinion system is certainly a way to achieve linear motion given a rotational input, there are other viable solutions as well. If you want to move away from pneumatics for this application, perhaps you should also consider a crank, cam and follower, or whether you even need linear motion at all.
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