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

Here's a question on a related note:

We will only have a working pressure of 45 psi for the entire system as well, which we know how to implement. However we would also like to slow the air flow down to the entire pneumatics system (passed the 45 psi regulator) on our robot. We also need all four of the pistons on our linkage drive train to kick in/out at the same speeds (this is more important than anything).

How would we achieve a lower flow rate without putting independent flow control valves on the pistons themselves? I'm sure there's a flow rate regulator somewhere, but everything I look at is somewhat confusing, and somewhat expensive. If we can do this we would be able to fully automate all four independent linkages without running out of air in a 2:15 match .
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