Quote Originally Posted by widow_twanky
Quote Originally Posted by maddox10
The part that will fail if hugely overpressured is the seal between stainless solenoid core and the body.
.......and that's probably where the problem is. If the seal goes then what happens? It being connected to the flipper/axe/whatever else there is.

If the robot it build according the rules, nothing will happen, as the weapon has to be locked in the position.

And with hugely overpressured , we're talking 2000 psi or more. I'm willing to pressuretest all Burkert 5404's in use in RW up to 1500psi.

Those won't fire in most cases, but won't leak.
Quote Originally Posted by gasbot
Well Burket rate them for 50 Bar for some reason - maybe they don't know what they're doing
Because 50 bar is the pressure Burkert can garanty the soleno¯d will do the job at the rated voltage of the coil. Nothing to do with the pressure capacity of the body.
Also, the dimensions of the body are standarized. There are several brands of valves you perfectly can interchange in size and mounting. But for now Only Burkert and the lesser know Slovakian Alpha valve are know to be afforable and useable for our applications.

And why the sudden campagn against Burkerts?