Fixing a SLOW Leak?

I’m assuming you’re teflon taping your various threaded connections. Mistakes I’ve seen on robots and professionally:

  • Tubing cut crooked with wire cutters.
  • 5+ wraps of teflon, 2-3 is enough.
  • Bad, damaged, or poorly seated o-rings + gaskets.
  • Missing blank plate on manifold replaced with blue tape. No, I don’t know why.
  • Loose anything/everything.
  • OVER tightened fittings, causing cracks or deformations. Decently snug is about right. If you’re straining/risking a hernia, it’s definitely too tight.

Our usual standard was less than 5psi drop overnight and pneumatics wasn’t done till they could hit that.