Frustrating solenoid valves won't open

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Frustrating solenoid valves won't open

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02-05-2013, 22:49

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Re: Frustrating solenoid valves won't open

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Originally Posted by jnaranjo

Our rookie team is building a pneumatic T shirt cannon in the off season.
We have a 24V FESTO double sided valve, and a 12V CKD single sided valve.

You're going to need a much larger valve to make the cannon work well. Those have very little flow. Look into how to specify valves using C_v, the flow co-efficient.

Also, consider running the system at a higher pressure (and using hardware designed for that).

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