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Re: On the subject of air tanks ...
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:59:21 GMT
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John Barnes <barnes@sensors.[avoidspam]com>
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>You should see how long a 2.5 Gal air tank at 100 psi with a regulator will
>drive a pneumatic thingy!. I gave up on trying a all lego solution to my
coal
>unloader (because it is "sticky", and the volume of air lost is large), and
>went out and bought a 1 hp compressor, with tank and regulator. Reg. is
set to
>30 psi, and the air moves stuff in the right sequence when the RCX gets it
>right at least!
>(oh, the motor probably has less than 20 min run time on about 100 cycles of
>the unloader. I am currently trackless, so I cannot demonstrate it right now
>at all)
>James
Way to go! Using an industrial strength compressor!
Do you have to keep it out in the back yard and run the airline in through the
window to keep the noise level down?
JB
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| (...) It is quite noisy, but it only runs for about 2 minutes, then shuts off. The tank of air is enough for about 3 full trains through the unloader, far more than I have ever ran through it (the RCX almost inevitably makes a good crunch of it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Jennifer Clark wrote: >I have (a little guiltily) taken the pneumatic elements from the box and applied >them in other models, which was interesting. Someone commented in another thread >about using the air tanks, and how the can badly affect a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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