Thread: Flow Valves
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Re: Flow Valves

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Originally Posted by s5511 View Post
Also, would having two pistons run off the same solenoid produce less upwards force on the mechanism than having the two pistons run off of different solenoids?
They would produce the same force (just the product of the pressure and the surface area and the pistons), though one solenoid would take about twice as long to fill two cylinders.
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