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Re: Magnetic Read Switches

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Originally Posted by novamx3 View Post
You can't use them to stop the stroke at a point... They are strictly for sensing when the cylinder has reached it's end of stroke (or a given point but the cylinder will still continue onto the end of stroke unless it has flow controls and is limited to a very slow travel rate.). Almost all pneumatic cylinders have 2 positions and 2 positions only (typically extended or retracted). If we could use hydraulics we would be talking about lvdts and proportional controls... Alas, it is against the rules!
So you could control the position as long as the flow is at a very slow rate?
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