Thread: Recycling Air
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Unread 08-02-2008, 20:06
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Re: Recycling Air

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Originally Posted by usbcd36 View Post
What you're describing won't actually help conserve pressure. The cylinders work by using a pressure difference to do work. If there's no difference in pressure between the air going into the cylinders and the air leaving them, they aren't going to move.
well said. the pistons actuate by creating high pressure on one side of a plate and the lower pressure acts as a vaccum and sucks the rod part of the piston out when working.

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