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team number 1310

All SMC hardware. (not Festo). Got the SMC engineers on it. However, the leak rate could be the norm in industrial environments and we are expecting too much using a 12v compressor that has to be off for 5+ minutes between when the robot is placed on the field and when the balls are randomized and announcer finally finishes his lengthy intros in the round robin matches. By then 1/2 the air may be gone with the leaks !!!

Thats why I'm looking for input on teams that have used SMC solenoids for years in non-trival pneumatics on their robots. We have 8 cylinders but with careful design (use gravity a lot to retract cylinders) and our initial minimal leak practise days, we had enough air to be very competitive.

Thanks for the heads up about potential leaks in the regulator.