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Re: Team 254 Deadlift Technical Binder 2015
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Originally Posted by thatprogrammer
I'm not entirely following why the disc rotates. Is it rotating in an attempt to grab onto a specific part of the gear? Also, is there a wall of some sort behind that it presses the gear agaibst?
Thanks for the help.
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The disk is hex broached, and will always rotate with the rest of the gearbox.
The piston pushes it into the brake pad, which is mounted rigidly to the rest of the robot. There's not mechanical features like a dog gear or anything -- it's just pure friction.
Here's a picture I got of it in St. Louis in the context of the gearbox, which may help some. The silvery part is the disk, the off-black part with a fiber texture is the stationary pad.
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