My team is running pneumatics for our wings as is the standard set up at the moment. We are also using pneumatics for a blocker and an endgame action. At the moment, the wings have their own dedicated canister and everything else is on the other canister. However, I feel like it would be optimal to have all 200psi available for all the pistons. Is there a way to wire the pneumatic canisters to each other to achieve this effect?
Here’s where you can find many different fittings that can connect your systems together. My team connected the two tanks with a t-fitting first. We then connected the output to the shut off valve then to another fitting which spilt to the different solenoids.
Please note, the link provided by @6Star is for pneumatic fittings in the in the VEX PRO line. They are NOT legal for use in VRC, nor will they fit with legal VRC pneumatic components (hose size is wrong).
The legal VRC pneumatics components are enumerated here: https://kb.vex.com/hc/en-us/articles/17984679227156-Legal-Pneumatics-for-Use-in-the-VEX-Robotics-Competition-VRC-#legacy-parts-and-their-smc-equivalents-pre-2023--4xXNv
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Just a note, 100 psi in two tanks that are then combined does not add to equal 200 psi, it is simply more volume. Just make sure that you know this so you don’t accidentally say that your tanks take 200 psi to a ref and then potentially fail inspection because of it.
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on that topic but does anybody know if it is 2 times more air pressure for 2 tanks than 1?
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You can still only pump the tanks to 100s pi but 2 tanks mean you have twice the volume of air so you can get twice the amount of actuation.
If you were to attach 1 piston to 2 tanks at 100 psi you should get about twice as many actuations as 1 piston connected to 1 tank at 100 psi.
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