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Re: Intake Conveyor Ideal Speed

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Originally Posted by ImMoMo View Post
Good discussion,

I'm thinking that we're going to use a 10:1 Versa Planetary reduction with a 775 for our intake and elevator.

With 31 RPS, I think we'll be intaking fuel pretty fast.

Although I'm worried that we wont have enough power to lift palls up our elevator. Any experience with this?

Also, if we have wheels on our roller (1/2 shaft) how would I incorporate them into my calculations? Specifically on JVN.
You can guess how much force your intake will experience from lifting game pieces, compression, wheels on the shaft providing inertia, and a variety of other factors, but the best way to see if it will work is to prototype. If you haven't built a model of your intake with approx. the gear ratio you want, I would suggest doing that. If you don't have access to the right motor and gearbox, at least try with a hand drill on drill speed to make sure that you don't need too much torque.
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