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Re: Festo? Or SMC
We used a lot of pneumatic devices this year and as a result needed two pneumatic modules in our cRIO and therefore two pneumatic breakouts. We powered the first at 24V and the second at 12V and used a combination of 24V and 12V SMC solenoids mounted on two manifolds (4 single-acting & 1 double acting 24v -- 4 double acting 12V). Almost all were new, but a couple of recycled 12V SMCs were also pressed into service.
If you do this (use two solenoid voltages), you need to be very, very careful wiring!
All of the SMC solenoids performed flawlessly through (2) district event, a district championship and the FRC Championship. 44 qualification and 27 elimination matches in all.
We're pretty satisfied with the performance of the SMC solenoids. We've no real experience with the Festos, so I have absolutely nothing bad to say about them.
Last edited by Clem1640 : 10-05-2013 at 18:54.
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