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Re: actuating a brake or anti-backdrive

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post

Scenario: Because of friction in the system, any force between 20 and 30 pounds will hold the load stationary once it's not moving.

If your control algorithm is clever enough, it will use as close to 20 pounds as possible to hold the load.


Where is that 20-30lb estimate from? We need a brake on ours, and it would be nice if we could just hold that little amount of weight.