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Unread 10-12-2004, 11:28
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Re: which is better aluminum or steel????

For those wishing to do some actual engineering calculations to compare materials for a given robot application --

I recommend checking out:
http://www.matweb.com/

Lots of cool information there. You can plug in values to your heart's content.

John
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