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Re: Two Compressors
I just want to thank everyone for their answers. Today was the first time we really got to test our robot with all the systems on it (currently 134#) pulling itself up to the bar. We noticed the compressor had to run almost continuously to keep up. We are aware it is slightly overweight since no weight reduction has been done yet. We didn't want to remove any "realestate" yet in case we have to change anything or remount anything in an area we milled out. We also shortened the tubing to normal lengths to neaten up the robot and very minor weight reduction. We also played around with psi and found out 40#'s is the lowest we can go. The reason I posted this is we were considering adding two compressors to increase volume which in turn would decrease system recharge time if we could get the weight down enough.
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