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Re: new festo valves

The 2-port side of the Festo get fittings and are then tubed to either end of the cylinder.
On the 3-port side only the middle port gets a fitting and that's the air-in port from your 60psi regulator.
Each end gets a wire connector and each side gets wired back to pins on the Solenoid bumper (cannot be wired to a Spike relay). You can take the 2-pin connector cables that came in the KOP, cut them in half and use an end for each side of the solenoid.

It needs 24v so the Solenoid bumper must have it's power wired to the Power Distribution Panel's two open 24v connections (for the cRIO power).

Search the Festo site for VUVG-L10-B52-T-M7-1P3
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Here's what it looks like with the ports on and wiring.
The blue dots on the top are for manual operation. Push them for a momentary test or push & twist them with a screwdriver to stay on. Make sure you have a working pressure of 1.5-8 bar. Okay, okay it needs at least 22 psi to operate.
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