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Re: Easiest way to route ~10-12 feet of wire on a telescoping lift?
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols
What we have done in the past and will most likely do again this year is use the following method attached.
The top pulley is attached at the top of your fixed mast. The bottom pulley is attached at the bottom of your telescoping stage. This allows you to have the full length of cable/wire you need and manage it well.
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Have looked at a 1038 robot with this system I can attest that it works very well. I would recommend it if you can make it work.
In the past we have used a couple of retractable lanyards (the small, light weight kind) attached either to the first two stages of a telescoping arm or to the middle and top of the outermost piece. The other end is secured to the wire/tubing bundle. As it extends they extend and keep the bundle from dangling or drifting into the lifting mechanism and when the arm/lift retracts they pull their part of the bundle back out of the way.
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