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Re: Round Belting - Solid vs. Hollow, Polycord vs. McMaster

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Originally Posted by rjamesjr View Post
Our team is trying out round belting, but we are having some trouble carrying the ball. The belts keep splitting and not grabbing the ball. Any suggestions?
Use more belts, closer together, with pulleys? Use less distance between axles ? Use less compression of the ball? Place the axles so that they form triangles between three, instead of having each one directly across from each other?

I'm not sure what you meant by splitting.
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