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Re: Using dual motors in Chain-Drivesystem

about the chain we use 1/4" chain. I do not think you will break this. We have never came close of breaking this chain. and we twisted a lot of metal.
but not chain

Re: Using dual motors in Chain-Drivesystem

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Originally Posted by thoughtful

Also Mr.John Vielkind-Neun helped me a lot,and even went as far as drawing a sample sketch for the ratios that we need. So a a special thanks to him on behalf of my team. I am posting the link just for any other teams who want to learn about the same topic as us. Also in white papers John has an excel sheet that can do all the math for gearboxed or drivetrains for you guys.

You can see what John did, by viewing the attached thumbnail.

Abdullah is being too kind.

He contacted me asking for some help concerning drivetrain (my favoritest design topic of them all) and so I answered some questions. I ended up using my spreadsheet to calculate a quick chain/sprocket combiner for the drills+chips at 7.5 fps. I sketched it out so he could visualize it (AutoCAD is faster than MS Paint for me).

This competition is about teaching, and learning.
I'm happy to be a part of both.

John

Re: Using dual motors in Chain-Drivesystem

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Originally Posted by Mike Norton

about the chain we use 1/4" chain. I do not think you will break this. We have never came close of breaking this chain. and we twisted a lot of metal. but not chain

Okay.. we had a VERY VERY lively discussion regarding this very topic, and all of the "big guns" on CD threw in their two cents. I'm not going to repeat it, but I'll point a link at it.

My two cents is that you better be REALLY REALLY careful if you're going #25, and I would venture to say almost all teams that are still sitting on the fence about what to use should go #35. However, read the thread and be enlightened. A lot of great viewpoints.

Here's the link: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=23278

Matt