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Pneumatic Tubing
so i read the whole part about melting the polycord together with a lighter
and i was wondering whether it would work the same using pneumatic tubing thanks! |
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I do not think so, try testing.
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I know 1622 used pneumatic tubing as their belts, I suspect they connected with barbs that were inserted that hold the ends together, but may be wrong.
I'd send them a message. |
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how can i get a hold them?
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1) Go to the FIRST website. 1622 is based in Poway, CA and attended San Diego and Las Vegas. Searching through the map icon or going through the regional list will get you a team info page, with a link to their site. If they don't have contact info there, I will be extremely surprised. 2) Go to the CD member list and do an advanced search for team number 1622. With a little bit of care, you should be able to find the more active CD members and get a message to them. |
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Yea we used barb fitting to connect our pneumatic tubing together for our conveyor, and they work great. I would recommend using this system over the poly cord because it is very easy to change/shorten if needed.
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If you plan on using it for belting material, then yes it will work ... but the degraded strength of the joint may fail (IE when you melt polyurethane tubing it gets weaker but will bond together) |
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The joints created by the barbs are very strong. |
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:P |
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is it available say like at home depot or something that id have to order..
should i try plastic fittings or brass/metal fittings and what size? ![]() is this how they look like? |
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and btw
this is just for our side project.. being that our season is over.. our teacher wants us to build a robot with a "ball pick up" mechanism. and improving our bot is what my grade depends on ahah so itll be a fun last senior project thanks guys for helping out! |
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http://www.mcmaster.com/#6567k22/=1a4azx or http://www.mcmaster.com/#6567k65/=1a4b43 |
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ok that helps..
but is it something that i have to order? shipping stuff to hawaii takes a long time.. or is there a way to improvise using maybe.. short bolts..washers..glue even? after all its not for competition but for my school project hehe so just as long as the concept will work its fine. |
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Take a small piece of threadded rod (with the OD of the rod slightly larger than the ID of the tubing). Heat the tubing to get it soft enough to push over the ends of the rod. This should work, depending on the load you put on it. I'd also suggest you push the tubing so that the 2 ends meet in the center of the rod. |
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Before we were using the barbs, to test the lift system we took #8's, cut the heads off and left about .5 inch, then pressed the ends of the tubes onto the remaining bit. We had pre-drilled the tubes about .70 inches away from where the #8 would be housed within the tube, and used small cable ties through the tubing to cinch it together. It worked, but was really only a temporary solution in our eyes. |
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