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Originally Posted by Ben Piecuch
Rich, I find it quite difficult to believe that you were stalling the big CIM in a ball-pickup mode. Were you driving your impeller straight off the output shaft (ie. no gear reduction?) Also, what diameter was your impeller roller?
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We actually did just run right off the shaft (with 9 tooth sprockets and #35 chain connecting the 3 rollers). The balls would actually bind the roller system when in deployment mode (we would reverse the direction of the motor), stalling the Large CIM (pickup had no problems). And I believe that the roller diameters were 1 1/2", 2", 3".
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22727 picture to show what system looks like