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Re: building an energy conserving pneumatic system
Annoying answers aside, you can get about 12 shots of a 3/4" diameter, 5"stroke piston before the storage tanks drop below 60psi, starting at 120. So if you need pneumatics to perform a one-time action like lift an arm up, you might not need the compressor.
Edit: for example, to improve efficiency on our kicker mechanism, only 2 of the four pistons are charged to return the kicker, while four are charged to deploy it, reducing air consumption per shot by 25%. We might even dial it down to 1 return piston if that turns out to be adequate.
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