Alasdair Ryan Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 I am working on a servo switch device but i need to figure out a way to release the air from the pneumatic circuit,i tryed a valve block but that did not work. Quote
matias bendtsen Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 it should be possible to open one valve (to let the air out), and open the other (to let air in) but why do you need two valves and to pumps? Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 I have made a gearbox that selects which pump to power each pump is connected to a switch which then goes to a port in the ram,i can remove the switch as this does not do any thing. All this should be run by power functions. Quote
dhc6twinotter Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Could you keep the switch within the system and move the switch position to the port without a hose connected to release the air? If you connect the pneumatic cylinder to the switch's center port and the pump to either the right or left port, you can use the remaining port to release the air from the cylinder without dumping air out of the whole system. Or, you could install a T connector between the cylinder and pump. Pump pumps air into the T, and one end of the T goes to the cylinder, the other to the switch. You would then have two vent ports on the switch. I suck at explaining stuff, so hopefully that makes sense. Edited December 10, 2011 by dhc6twinotter Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted December 10, 2011 Author Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Here is a pic of the device,if i can get it to work you might get the following advantages, Gearing can be made faster or slower to control the flow of air to the ram. ..............................Thats it. More pumps can be places beside each other for more air. Edited December 10, 2011 by Alasdair Ryan Quote
dhc6twinotter Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) So, are you using the gearbox to have a 2 speed compressor, or does the gearbox select between the single pump on the right or the dual pump on the left? Edited December 10, 2011 by dhc6twinotter Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted December 10, 2011 Author Posted December 10, 2011 I was not going to add it to a moc,it was just for an idea of mine,many people hate Pneumatics as they are hard to control so i thought i would try to come up with a easy way to control them. Quote
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