@davee The Torque motor is probably more in line with what @tasan is wanting to do with his project, since it's dealing with tension and slow rotation...

@wisam Hi, I've been following this post thread with some interest as I have seen this type of system employed in industrial manufacturing, specifical...

@denverteck, Welcome to the forum! You'll find many on here that will indeed benefit from your skill sets and knowledge, while there are also many ...

@zander , Indeed..Falstad is fairly easy to use for simple ckt., but doesn't have enough "help" to be able to figure out how to use it.. there are pro...

@zander Ahhh.. Thanks a lot Ron.. that's a bit better than a screen shot! I will be using that for now on..again, appreciate all you help and advice...

@zander , Ron, this was a screen shot from my simulation app.. so it's not possible to create a link.. but I'll keep that in mind if I have other post...

@fishbone I see others have given you some good advice..but it's clear to me that your still in the dark about how the circuit works..Check out the s...

@iwannastout , Hi Mike.. your very welcome!...Indeed, you can pulse it.. and it won't matter how many times you do, as you said, life expectancy is on...

@iwannastout Sounds good! The only other thing you may need is a metering valve, also known as a needle valve in the exhaust side of the solenoid valv...

@zander . Ron... we're located on the Gulf coast, Mobile, Alabama..where for the most part, our weather is mostly on the warm side, Jan. and Feb. are ...

@davee Great advice Dave! Since the air bags are really for load stabilization, their function isn't really that critical. I would include a 1/4 turn...

@zander , Yes Indeed..In an operating play that run 24/7 365.. and only down for maintenance about 4 weeks a year, I'd say that safety and reliability...

@zander , Yep.. Most of the valves we used in industry are of the fail safe nature, and normally close is the fail safe for supply, and fail open is t...

@iwannastout, Hi, and welcome to the forum! I was just looking at your proposed project of controlling air bladder bags using MCU ( micro-controller...

, @mateda, Hi Dan, and welcome to the forum! I'm sure you can contribute some of your knowledge as well as pick up a few things from the many talen...