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Re: Latching Mechanism

yes sir sorry for the lack of information we are using a pnumatic cylinder to pull the kicker back using some mechanical advantage through steel cables on pully system. we are using 6 tortion springs which have plenty of force to do the job however we cant seem to find a way to make a latching mechanism to hold that force as the pnumatic slides back out to starting position so that it can go faster and hit harder then if you use the springs tension while you force out the pnumatic cylinder
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