Thread: regulator on cylinder output?
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Re: regulator on cylinder output?
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
The problem with your proposed solution is that regulators are mostly one-way devices and don't allow unrestricted flow backwards. So you'll end up with the retract side of your piston still partially pressurized when you extend it again. Which might not be a problem for you, but wouldn't be as optimal as having two single solenoids.
I hadn't thought about the regulator not allowing flow in the opposite direction (or at the very least metering it). Thanks.

Has anyone priced single solenoids? It hurts already to shell out $90 for a double, I'm guessing that they're more than $45 each.
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