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Unread 23-01-2014, 02:40
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Re: Custom Intake Rollers

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Our tests showed the two best materials for gripping the ball were Banebots wheels and sorbothane. We went with Banebots wheels because of the hassle of installing and cleaning sorbothane tread wheels, but we will use strips of sorbothane elsewhere on the claw.
Where do you source your sorbothane? Is it this from mcmaster or is does it come in a more convenient form (rollers,wheels?)

Otherwise we were considering 3M gripping material or the McMastered rubber strips that Boom DONE used.