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Re: HELP! We need pneumatic wiring help!

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Originally Posted by TubaMorg
Yes the above post is correct, however this valve alone isn't enough to stop a cylinder stroke midway. You should use another double solenoid valve so that one valve controls the air into the cylinder and the other valve controls the exhaust. You see you need to lock the air in the exhaust side to stop the cylinder mid stroke. Check out this post:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=pneumatics

Post #11 has a simple diagram that shows you how to do it.

Good luck!
I'm pretty sure that this valve alone is enough. We had it on the bench and we were stopping the piston halfway through with the orange buttons.
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