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Re: Magnetic Solenoid

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Originally Posted by thinker&planner View Post
I don't see why you couldn't limit the stroke to one inch (per 2016 rules), as long as it was accomplished without modifying the solenoid itself.

It's pretty common to put "sleeves" on the rod of pneumatic cylinders to limit the amount that they can retract.
That's a good way to think outside of the box. I wouldn't have thought of that. Would we still need a custom circuit board to limit the current to the device such that it only draws 10W of power instead of 30W of power?
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