Have you ordered extra solenoids?

[Gary Dillard]

I had ordered 3 of the Festo valves (this year's KOP model) early last week @ $81 each and was told they would ship direct from Rochester. Yesterday I called to get a tracking number since I hadn't seen them yet, and was told they would not ship until Feb 2nd. Would have been nice to know that last week. I cancelled the order and called the SMC distributor. (Hopefully) I have 4 SY3220-5LN-N7 valves @ $60.89 each in the mail today from Indiana.

These have an operating pressure of 0.7 MPa (100 psi), but I don't see the rated pressure; I'm going to try to chase that down. It's the same series that we have received in the FIRST kit before which had all of the same pressure limitations so someone at FIRST must have deemed it safe. Unfortunately I doubt that argument will get me very far.