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Re: Pistons not extending fast enough?

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Originally Posted by jwfoss View Post
There may be some confusion. With a high flow solenoid, the regulator becomes a restriction in flow, having a storage tank (@60psi) with as short of a hose as possible right before the solenoid (directly mounted to the cylinder) will absolutely benefit you. I do agree that after the solenoid will not make a large difference.
Okay, that makes sense that the regulator could be the bottleneck - just slightly different than the problem our team had. Since we are building an air spring, putting the storage tank after the solenoid also takes out the flow restriction of the solenoid. Before the solenoids would improve flow rate, regardless of latched cylinder or not. If you are not latching and pre-charging the cylinders, the tank(s) should be before the solenoids (after would effectively increase the air required and actually make things worse).