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Re: pic: Stackerbox Mecanum Prototype
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Originally Posted by JesseK
-- To tension the chains, simply mount the chains and slide the transmissions.
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JK,
Without an active tensioner, my hunch is that the Stackerboxes will inevitably slide in the directions the chain is pulling them.
I'm guessing that you will need something actively pulling the sliding motors/stackerboxes toward each other to keep the correct tension on the chains; perhaps a spring or one of those gizmos that has an eye bolt on each end and has an oval you twist to move the bolts closer or farther apart.
Also, to avoid having the chain tension creating a moment that wants to twist the shaft the drive sprocket is on, a bracket that wraps around the sprocket and supports both ends of the shafts could be what is at each end of a tensioning system.
Blake
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