Electrical

Welcome to the Electrical Subteam Preseaon Section! We meet on Thursdays 7-8pm in room G4!

We are happy to provide all progress, notes, and attendance here!

Our Electrical Subteam consists of...

Mentors

Dave Burlone (Apples)

Dave Schoepe (Oranges)

Karen Fellows(Pomegrante)

...more updates to come!

General Electrical Info:

Terminating Wires:

For CAN: Green is Left/Ground, Yellow is Right

For Power: Black is Left/Ground, Red is Right

Breakers(All should be in the MPT):

With PDH:

20amp SnapAction

30amp SnapAction

40amp REV

Pneumatics:

Green: Changing Pressures

Yellow: High Pressure

Blue: Low Pressure

White: Extend

Black: Retract

Electrical Wiring Diagrams:

Optek Flag Sensor Wiring Diagram:

Q10 Series Banner Sensor Wiring Diagram:

Wiring Diagram with Rev PDH

Electrical Equations Explanation (Updated as of Nov 11th 2022)

Solid

F - Force (N)

m - Mass (kg)

a - Acceleration (m/s²)

g -Gravitational Acceleration

d - Distance

E - Electricity (J)

P - Power (W)

t - Time (sec)

F_g = ma

F_g = mg

E = F * d

P = E/t

Fluid

p - Pressure

f - Flow

A - Area

V - Volume

p = F/A

f = V/t = A*d/t

p * f = F/A * A*d/t = F*d/t = E/t

Electrical

U - Energy (V)

I - Current (Amps)

e - Charge of an Electron

C - Coulomb

F_e = e E_e

E_e = U/d

F_e = eU/d

E_e = Fd = eU/d * d = eU

C = (constant)*e

C = I*t

E_e = I *t * U

P = UI

Pneumatics Sources

• Fittings
  • Fittings supplier
• Air Tanks:
  • Andymark - Clippard and unbranded seemingly similar to coastpneumatics products, $14-$17 for ~500ml
• Possible Solenoids - need closer review still:
  • SMC SY3240-6 family - what we've always used in the past:
    • Automation Distribution
    • Motion Industries
    • VeX
  • Bimba / Pneumadyne
  • NITRA from Automation Direct
  • Mindman from Coast Pneumatics
  • Andymark has Mead brand
  • Explanation of various types of solenoids - they sell some too but they seem to be unsuitable for our application, but their explanation of how they work is pretty great!
• Relief Valve:
  • Andymark - Norgren kit valve, $40
  • McMaster - McMaster part 48435K714 is recommended in manual. $5.50 MAKE SURE TO ORDER 125PSI VERSION
• Shut off valve
  • McMaster shut off - roughly $5
• Regulator:
• Andymark - Norgren kit recommended regulator, $28
• KleenRite has Norgren kit regulator for $17

Links and Resources

• Pnumatic pipe thread dimensions and info

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