Thread: Position idlers to get better chain wrap -- a question about good practices.
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Re: Position idlers to get better chain wrap -- a question about good practices.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
That's weird.... we had a serpentine wrap in a six motor drive and there we no problems. Never had a chain derail, ever. We still had great pushing power as well, no more power loss than a regular setup.
You won't have trouble with chain if you have the correct setup. Little sprockets save weight, but they put more tension on the chains, allowing them to snap. The constant forward and reverse of our robots makes the chains slap around, often derailing them, so use guides (we make our own nylon guides, and haven't had a chain derail since 2005. Just my advice...
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