To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.roboticsOpen lugnet.robotics in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Robotics / 16774
16773  |  16775
Subject: 
Re: Home-made One-way valve
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build
Date: 
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 03:20:36 GMT
Viewed: 
1236 times
  
Alternativeley you can continue using the valve with the old style pump and
have an air tank (if you own two) on each side i.e. one that holds the
vaccum and one that holds the pressureized air.  but... theres still the
problem of flipping the valve every time... maybe it could be motorized and
then all you have to do is pump the compressor at the same speed the valve
moves. would this work on the non return valve, as I do not have one it is
kind of hard to test this :)

..::JARED::..



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Home-made One-way valve
 
(...) Somehow I'm a bit queasy about this business of "storing vacuum" in a tank. So I checked with the local supplier of industrial gases. If you need a tank of compressed air, that's no problem. But a tankful of vacuum, er that's not listed in the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
  Re: Home-made One-way valve
 
(...) I think the reason for that is simply that you can't store very much "vacuum" in a tank. While you can pressurize a tank to several hundred PSI or better, for vacuum you're limited to completely (well, OK, nearly completely) evacuating it--a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: motorized pnuematic valve
 
Hi, this is my first post on a LEGO newsgroup, so.. ah... I'm a newbie I guess :) (...) (URL) (file size ~ 2 mb) That was my biggest obstacle making this little motorized pump. The parts used to connect the motor to the valve are kind of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Home-made One-way valve
 
Instead of pushing a pneumatic switch back and forth, you can use the old non-return valve: (URL) the pump to the middle hole, connect the air tank to the left hole and leave the right hole free. The old style pump will pull air out of the tank and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)

23 Messages in This Thread:








Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR