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Re: Quick Exhaust Valves - Illegal !?!?

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Originally Posted by magnets View Post
That's interesting... For a while, we were thinking of using them too. They are (what I would consider) a flow control valve.

We've put these on our robots for years. I may be remembering wrong, but I think something like that may have been given in the kit in years past.
If you have used those valve anytime since 2008 (the year I started FIRST) you were not legal. I use pneumatics in my job, and quick exhaust valve (also called quick-dump) are extremely useful, but have never been FIRST legal. Believe me, there were many years that I wanted to use them!

They are not flow control valves. A flow control valve can restrict the flow, not re-direct it.
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