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Re: Which motor to use for the vaccum? (ball gripper)

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Originally Posted by billbo911 View Post
We are using an RS550 into a custom built tranny made from gears from the FP tranny. It has a two stage reduction of approx. 15:1. The roller is made of a bunch of pneumatic tubing strings passed through the shaft and secured by tie wraps. It works works really nicely!

The attached picture is of our prototype. We found that one stage of reduction wasn't enough. It only has about a 5:1 reduction. So, the final version has two stages.
I am sorry for the late reply but will you post the pictures of gearbox from different angles? we finally decided to go with custom gearbox and i just wanted to be sure before the fabrication.
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