Earl Weiss
Well-known member
1. A traveling - non moving part wheel blaster. It would work in the same way as the Viper shine unit. A series of treadle switches matched up to a series (4 should be enough) of solenoid valve activated HP applicators perhaps tied in to a plc. The applicators could be a simple tower outfitted with whatever nozzles you want or pivoting blasters. the Blasters would be fed by a single pump. Solenoid would open in succession as the car hit each treadle. Tunnel controller would turn pump on before first switch and after rear tire passed the last applicator.
2. Why are we still using a separate wire for each bay function? It would seem with the current cost of computing power each bay could have a telephone style keypad, perhaps using whoever manufactured the heavy duty pay phone keypads. Using a CAT 6 type cable a computer or PLC could open the appropriate solenoid(s). That's basically how tunnel controllers operate. This would also make it simple to keep track of function / bay useage, and going way beyond 12 functions wouldn't require any more wiring to the bay.
What would you like to see?
2. Why are we still using a separate wire for each bay function? It would seem with the current cost of computing power each bay could have a telephone style keypad, perhaps using whoever manufactured the heavy duty pay phone keypads. Using a CAT 6 type cable a computer or PLC could open the appropriate solenoid(s). That's basically how tunnel controllers operate. This would also make it simple to keep track of function / bay useage, and going way beyond 12 functions wouldn't require any more wiring to the bay.
What would you like to see?
