Thread: Belts in a Drivetrain
View Single Post
  #8   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 30-03-2014, 21:35
Brandon_L Brandon_L is offline
Someone told me there was food here
AKA: Brandon Liatys
FRC #2180 (Zero Gravity)
Team Role: Mentor
  
Join Date: Jan 2008
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Newark, NJ
Posts: 1,200
Brandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon_L has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Belts in a Drivetrain
Quote:
Originally Posted by DampRobot View Post
We went with 9mm belts and 24t pulleys tensioned by cams on VersaBlocks. It's amazing, we've never had problems with ratcheting, and the drivetrain is noticeably more efficient. If you tension properly, 9mm shouldn't be a problem (given reasonably sized pulleys).
Yep, according to the google doc I listed above (I believe I got that through Picone, so credit there), I wouldn't go under 24t.
__________________
FRC 2495 - Hamilton West Robotics [2007-2014] - whats a..."hive mind"?
FRC 3929 - Atomic Dragons [2012-2013]
FRC 2180 - Zero Gravity [2017-]

Just trying to collect all the possible team colors