What kind of cylinders does your team stock?

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Originally Posted by dradel

Curious here... It was my understanding that parts that are used on a bot cannot be reused on a later bot if it is modified. Technically speaking wouldn't putting fittings into an air cylinder make it no longer off the shelf?

The way it was explained to us lends itself to just that. Same holds true for transmissions and such ( hence why we haven't gone with two speed trans yet)

Assuming this rule doesn't change drastically,

R76

All pneumatic COMPONENTS must be used in their original, unaltered condition. Exceptions are as follows:

tubing may be cut,
wiring for pneumatic devices may be modified to interface with the control system,
assembling and connecting pneumatic COMPONENTS using the pre-existing threads, mounting brackets, quick-connect fittings, etc.,
removing the mounting pin from a pneumatic cylinder, provided the cylinder itself is not modified,
labeling applied to indicate device purpose, connectivity, functional performance, etc.

then as we read it: if you modify a pneumatic cylinder enough to keep it from being used the next year, you can't use it this year either! I suppose you could go through the drill of removing and replacing fittings every year if you think that the inspectors could tell that the fitting or label had been there longer than a couple of months..