Thread: Best way to cool CIM motors?
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Re: Best way to cool CIM motors?
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Originally Posted by rainbowbear998 View Post
Thanks for the great responses everyone!! Our final solution is a bar that will rotate up and provide a hard stop at the height we will be carrying our stacks at. Hopefully that wil minimise the time we have the motors stalled.
If you have concerns about weight, I'll suggest our solution to a similar problem that didn't cost any weight. Or rather, ask a question: Can you strategically afford to be holding up totes less often or for shorter durations?

We do not hold our large stacks off of the ground to score them, they are pushed along the ground by the robot. This way, your lift CIMs don't have to run in reverse to hold up the load...let the ground do the work!

Perhaps not strategically or mechanically an option for your robot, but just a thought!