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Re: Filling Robot Pneumatic Systems
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Originally Posted by Tom Line
This year, we will be using a fair amount of pneumatics. With multiple storage tanks the fill time using the viaair compressor is problematic.
What unique and legal method of filling high-volume pneumatic storage have you come up with?
I'm currently considering some type of tank 'storage' farm made of cots components that can be filled during our down periods with the robot compressor. We can use the stored air to fill the robot during the quick turn around matches of the playoffs.
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Last year we designed our storage system to fill at the duty cycle of the Viair compressor. We would pre-charge well before the match so that the compressor would not turn on as much during the match. We calculated the amount of air needed, approximating how many times we would actuate each of our cylinders.
An option if your storage exceeds the duty cycle would be to pre-charge up to the duty cycle, pause and then continue pre-charging. This assumes you have enough time in between matches.
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