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No need to splice wires. Just out a T in the air line coming out of the valve and drive both acuators with one valve.
Unless you are using the big actuators, the valves should handle it.
You can adjust the flow rates to each actuator by fiddling with the little knobs on the fittings on the cylinders.
As far as the time it takes to restore the air in the accumulators, you will have to run some tests. But my recommendation is to just set the pump up on the limit switches and let it cut on and off as needed. As long as the pressure in the accumulators stays above 60 psi, then your actuators will work at 60 psi. Did you know that you can reduce that 60 psi? If you don't need a lot of force (pressure*actuator area), you can run a lower pressure and use less air per stroke.
Can you give some specs on the actuators that you are using? Number of acuators, diameter, stroke, and actuation frequency (strokes per minute)?
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