Pneumatic Test Stand

[Pendulum^-1]

Originally Posted by Avrum Goldman

If anyone has good ideas or would like to team up, please let me know!

Question: Where is your regulator? I see the pressure relief valve, attached to the compressor, with a pressure gauge. I presume that one reason for making this system is to mimic a pneumatic system on a FIRST robot.

Suggestion: Make the "stored" pressure (~115 PSIG) one color of tubing, and the working pressure (<60 PSIG) another color. While certainly not required, it can be a good feature when teaching students.

Also, I typically rig up a "pneumatic tree" around the regulator. It has a pressure gauge for the stored pressure, the regulator, and a pressure gauge for the stored pressure attached to each other with brass fittings. (Use double male brass fittings and "T" brass fittings.) This also makes the system easier to explain to the students.