Thread: Manipulator Torque (A Bit Scary for Us)
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Re: Manipulator Torque (A Bit Scary for Us)
Hmm... actually, that Igus bushing might work - it looks like the OD is 1.125 from the picture in the manual (I can't tell right now since I'm not at the team's work area to measure it), in which case no sprocket modification would be necessary. I'm somewhat concerned that the radial load on it (something over 600 lbs.) might be too high, though.

In the formula, what do J, d, T, and r represent (or is that T subscript r)? This appears to be the same formula that I found earlier and was confused about because I didn't know what the variables stood for.