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Re: can we control the amount of air to control the speed of the cylinder?

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
valves do not seal much below 30PSI and so they become unreliable at reduced pressure
I've worked with the SMC solenoids (that used to be in the kit) for a coupple of years, and was able to run them very reliably at pressures down to 5 psi, which we used last year in competition (frcteam2002)

this year, we're running an SMC at 20psi, and have not had any problems yet...

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