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Re: hey got a tech question about AM Trannys

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
In 2006 we shifted at 20 PSI just fine.
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Originally Posted by Travis Covington View Post
This was with the SY3000 series SMC valves. The festo may perform differently though?
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Originally Posted by Uberbots View Post
Really?

whenever we boot up the robot from a no-air state, it takes a noticeable amount of pressure before any of the solenoids will trip. i believe this is at about 20-30psi, so ??
This also depends on whether it is a single or double solenoid because they usually have different pilot pressures. The SMC SY3000 (we use them too) has a min pilot pressure of 0.1MPa (~15psi) for the double and 0.15MPa (~21psi) for the single. We used a double for the shifter (regulated to ~25-30 psi) and singles everywhere else (to save SPIKEs).

Back to the roll pin topic, I believe we broke the initial pins in both of this year's AM shifters before shipping the bot. We never broke pins in any of the AM shifters we used in the prior 2 years. We replaced with higher strength pins and didn't have any more problems. I know 1503 broke their pin at FLR and used our stronger pins to replace (dont know how that worked out past FLR). Maybe a lower quality batch of pins this year or just too much shifting into Overdrive.
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