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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
Actual conveyor belting is a bad idea. It's a flat belt, so it's much more difficult to get it to ride true than a round belt or V-belt or something. You'll need crowned pulleys to have reasonable odds of keeping it on, but that's dependent on how well aligned the pulleys are. If they're too far our of parallel with each other, the belt is inevitably going to walk to one side or another. They're just generally harder to get working than the round urethane belting. Which is why you see so many teams running the urethane belts.
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My team's experience in 2006 supports what Kevin said above. We had a sponsor that donated materials for a flat belt system to elevate Poof balls to our shooter. The elevator worked well, except when it got out of alignment, lost tension, or slipped a belt. It did those things often enough to make our shooter ineffective in many matches.
I recommend using solid round conveyor belting.
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