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Re: Banebot P60 Help
Beyond the immediate motor/gearbox situation, is there some way you could reduce the amount of force it takes to lift the arm? Perhaps a counter-force (spring, gas strut, etc.) to counteract the basic load. That way you could still move the arm at relatively high speed without overloading the motor/gearbox.
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Re: Banebot P60 Break-in Procedure
Thanks for the tip above (Don Rotolo) for the Banebot P60 break-in procedure - let me add some background information.
A newly shipped transmission from Banebot (or any new transmission for that matter) should have high friction (difficult to turn) until it has experienced some running time, called "break-in". This procedure is standard in industry although may be unfamiliar to high school students. For our "break-in" procedure for the P60 Banebot transmission we used this year for our ball roller, this is the procedure we followed: 1) Disassembled P60 Banebot (64:1) trans and greased thoroughly. Reassembled. (Note: I received 2, Banebot transmissions, one labeled greased, the other needed to be greased. We disassembled both and the one labeled greased seemed to have very little or no grease). 2) Place transmission into vise for support. P60 trans has keyed, 1/2 shaft. Attached hand drill with 1/2 chuck to trans shaft. Spun one direction, then reversed. Performed this procedure a number of times. Upon completion of this procedure, disassembled, greased and rerun again for very short period of time. Hand drill may add some burrs to the hardened P60 shaft that will need to be filled smooth after this procedure. 3) Observation 1 - one minute of this procedure resulted in a significant decrease in friction. 4) Observation 2 - if grease is overfilled in transmission by student (hint), during break-in procedure the excess grease spews out of the motor mounting holes like toothpaste. 5) Observation 3 - transmission did get hot to the touch during procedure. May have been due to student running transmission too fast or the nature of the break-in procedure (not sure because limited data) |
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