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Re: 2 Pneumatic cylinders on one solenoid.

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Originally Posted by ahudson View Post
Can you elaborate on how you ran 2 cylinders off the same solenoid? We are needing to do this and was not sure the best way.

Thank you for your help!
You put a t-fitting on the output of the solenoid to branch the lines to both of the actuators.

Code:
Solenoid Valve
A      B------------
|                  |   
|                  |
|   Actuator 1     |
T---------A     B--T
|                  |
|   Actuator 2     |
----------A     B---

Last edited by protoserge : 01-27-2014 at 07:40 PM.