
26-08-2013, 18:38
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2017... Oooh Kill em, Swerve!
AKA: Owner, WestCoast Products
 FRC #1323 (MadTown Robotics)
Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Madera, CA
Posts: 2,179
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Re: Swerve Drive CAD
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Originally Posted by cadandcookies
You can order GT2 belts from SDP/SI. That's what we did this last year. They come in a ton of different sizes (as should be expected) and widths (they carry 5mm, 9mm, and 15mm, if I remember correctly).
We were very happy this last season with our belts ordered from SDP/SI. There are some changes we'd make to how we drove wheels and such, but compared to our use of HTD belts last year (in a low-torque, low speed usage), we were much happier with the GT2 profile. It seems, at least from my team's experience, a little more forgiving.
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Originally Posted by Oblarg
I generally use HTD 5mm belts, which seem to be pretty standard; you can buy them from B&B Manufacturing ( http://www.bbman.com), or alternatively just use their very nice catalog for designing purposes and see if you can buy the parts from a cheaper supplier once you have all the part numbers.
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Oblarg,
If your already ordering belts and such, you might as well use GT2. Its a much stronger profile and can take much higher abuse.
-RC
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