Exhaust in Solenoids

[PVCMike]

Originally Posted by DaveL

Step 3. From what I can tell, air to push the piston is being sent from the 3rd valve (top) and air to retract the piston is being sent from the 2nd valve (bottom). You want to use one valve per cylinder.


Dave

These manifold blocks can be confusing to look at because the associated A and B ports are not right above each other, they're diagonal. I think they have it plumbed right (That part anyways)

All of the other points Dave made are great and I agree, clean it all up, remove the flow restriction fittings, plug the second regulator port, plug all the unused ports on the manifold.

You definitely cannot plumb A to B, I suspect that is why you're venting all your air. Plug those up or at the very least plumb all the excess A together, and all the B together.

You can make your own plugs for the push fittings in a pinch, super easy. Cut a 2" piece of tubing, heat one end with a heat gun (until it's very soft), then clamp it between some pliers. I would not recommend you use this method on the robot, but we do all the time in testing.