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Re: Anodizing

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Originally Posted by dirkleton View Post
What are the material benefits rather than aesthetics? Does anodizing help with structural strength or durability enough to make a difference for our robots?
Hard anodizing is quite useful for parts that are going to be taking a beating. We had our Geneva drive hard anodized and it held up quite well. Without doing it I'm sure it would have failed mid-season due to galling.
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