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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

Please excuse my ignorance. I am not a wiring person.

What are those little orange insulators on your small wires, and why do you use them?
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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

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What are those little orange insulators on your small wires, and why do you use them?
Weidmuller crimps, available here:
http://www.ctr-electronics.com/ferrule-20-awg.html

They also have 16 and 18 AWG version. We bought some last year at the suggestion of our electrical mentor. They're great for putting stranded wires in the Weidmuller connectors and make it really easy to tell that your wires are fully seated.
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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

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Weidmuller crimps, available here:
http://www.ctr-electronics.com/ferrule-20-awg.html

They also have 16 and 18 AWG version. We bought some last year at the suggestion of our electrical mentor. They're great for putting stranded wires in the Weidmuller connectors and make it really easy to tell that your wires are fully seated.
Thanks for the info! I'll relay this to the team.

Edit: Do they also help strain relieve the wires?
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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

Those are also called "Ferrules" or "End Connectors" and make your wiring MUCH more clean and reliable.

You can get them for free using your AutomationDirect voucher.

Ferrules (aka End Connectors)

AutomationDirect Voucher Instructions

You'll need a good set of ferrule crimpers too.
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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

Consider the cases where you may need to access the solenoids to hit the orange buttons to actuate something when the robot is not on, but the system is pressurized. A common case is when the robot needs to be put on the cart, but a pneumatic extension is 'out' and thus preventing us from putting it on the cart.

With that said, I really like this a lot. I'll point my electronics team to it to see if they want to consider something like it since they've yet to finalize the location for our manifold.
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Consider the cases where you may need to access the solenoids to hit the orange buttons to actuate something when the robot is not on, but the system is pressurized. A common case is when the robot needs to be put on the cart, but a pneumatic extension is 'out' and thus preventing us from putting it on the cart.

With that said, I really like this a lot. I'll point my electronics team to it to see if they want to consider something like it since they've yet to finalize the location for our manifold.
You should always release pressure before moving the robot, but we did take this into account. We have thought carefully about what pistons should be on single solenoids and which on double solenoids. Anything on a single solenoid will have its pre-match configuration as it unpowered default, so that the robot will shrink when disabled.

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Are those CAN connectors? Those are nice, mind divulging where one may acquire some?
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Re: pic: 1939's Pneumatic Manifold with Hat

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Are those CAN connectors? Those are nice, mind divulging where one may acquire some?
https://powerwerx.com/anderson-power...lored-housings - though this link is just the housings
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