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Re: Hanging robots and <G31>

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Originally Posted by frank.pendzich View Post
We're thinking about hanging off the virticle support posts on the tower. Our question is... Are the towers secured so they won't fall over with 130lb robot clamped on to one of it's verticle posts?
I think a robot in full trim should be able to hang off of one of the vertical support posts. I'd imagine, that the tower and it's mounting system was designed with a safe working load of about 900lbs or more. (900 lbs being derived from 6 robots hanging from the tower in some strange crazy illegal instance) The only thing you may experience while hanging is some slight warping of the bar, maybe a half inch to an inch at most.

Last edited by thefro526 : 10-01-2010 at 20:25.