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Re: Laser Cutter And FRC

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Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK View Post
Was there any problem with plastic melting? For some reason I remember hearing that when CIMs heated up they melted the plastic and that also was one of the reasons you switched back.
We were using green loctite to retain some pinions on the CIM shafts where we didn't have length for a retaining washer. We partially melted a small portion of the delrin when we had to apply heat for much longer than normal to break the loctite free to get the pinion off.

We never saw issues due to motor heat though.
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