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Re: Designing a "belt + roller" conveyor for balls

Thanks for all the great feedback everyone, the team working on the beltway for our shooter got a lot of use out of the resources you guys provided.

We currently have the plates that make up the shooter assembly CADed and will sending them out for manufacturing on Monday. If people wouldn't mind giving the design and especially the drawing a look over we would really appreciate it.

Shooter Plate
Shooter Plate Drawing

Feedback I would particularly like include:
  • We're going with a 1/4" thick plate, is that appropriate for this application?
  • Is the pocketing too agresive? ie. are 1/4" aluminum struts strong enough?
  • Is the Drawing too hectic? It looks like I have a lot of dimentions crammed in there...
  • Also any overal design comments you have are welcome