Pneumatics...

[Mark McLeod]

Thanks for the feedback.
I'll pass the broken link info along and it'll get fixed tonight.
The pdf documents are getting a slight rewrite based on the latest rules & code revisions too.

The Fluid Power site hasn't been well maintained for awhile, but I like to include a plug for them since they support FIRST.

The 24v change opens up 5 cases of donated solenoids I had languishing in the shop.

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Thanks for the feedback.
I'll pass the broken link info along and it'll get fixed tonight.
The pdf documents are getting a slight rewrite based on the latest rules & code revisions too.

The Fluid Power site hasn't been well maintained for awhile, but I like to include a plug for them since they support FIRST.

The 24v change opens up 5 cases of donated solenoids I had languishing in the shop.

One more thing - I need a supplier of pneumatic solenoid valves, 3 way and 4 way, Cv 0.30 or so. Ideally it would be a single pair of wires, one solenoid, like the Festo we had a few years back. It seems to be difficult to narrow down vendors.

and one more one more thing - what is the Festo part number in this year KOP ?

[Mark McLeod]

It's Festo part # VUVG-L10-B52-T-M7-1P3
Documentation
Datasheet

M7 fittings...

Originally Posted by ebarker

what is the Festo part number in this year KOP ?

[jerry w]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

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The 24v change opens up 5 cases of donated solenoids I had languishing in the shop.

I wince when I read about the 24 volt solenoids. In the real world, this would be considered a very bad design decision.
The 24-volt supply provides stable power to the controlling computer. Attaching switched coils to this supply guarantees that transients will occur during operation. Although the crio has protection agains damage, there is the risk of program interruption. In the worst case, the controller would have memory corrupted. More likely is the activation of a reset.
I recommend that teams avoid the use of the 24 volt solenoids, although that is the industry standard. Please, don't give the programming team members any more problems to deal with.