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Originally Posted by Cash4587
If using only pneumatics for a thethered robot you will probably need more air tanks than it is worth to try to reduce the losses from long runs of wire. Lifting a tote with pistons requires a lot of air because of the weight of the totes in addition to the amount of stroke needed to lift them high enough. To stack at the feeder station you need to lift them considerably higher than the usual of about 13-14"
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I haven't done the math, but I was thinking of a single large aluminum tank like
this. Ten pounds of tank, but 7 gal (about 7 scf at 120 psi) of air.