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Pneumatics
Hi all,
I am designing a robot which will ideally use pneumatics to fire a lifting arm (FW is a prototype for HW).
However I am new to pneumatics and have a few questions:
1) What is required in a pneumatic system? Ive had a look online and i believe that ill need the items in the list below, is this on the right lines?
- A tank
- On/off valve (possibly integrated with tank)
- dump valve
- safety blowout valve
- regulator
- Buffer tank (possibly)
- solenoid
- ram
2) Connectivity of the parts. From what ive read I believe that the following setup would be needed:
tank -> on/off valve -> safety valve -> dump valve -> regulator -> Buffer Tank -> solenoid -> ram
Is this on the right lines?
3) Where is the best place to get pneumatic parts?
4) Any recommendation of parts?
I understand from other HWs that the dump valve and on/off valve need to be accessible without the use of a tool.
Cheers
Nick
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take a look at the Killerhertz page firstly, good basic info :)
http://howto.killerhurtz.co.uk/pneumatics.htm
FW pneumatics tend to use paintball parts - tank, reg, hoses etc so have a look at the pneumatics thread on this forum under featherweight (link comming)