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Unread 11-02-2009, 07:39
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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 ZInventor View Post
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...

-Z
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