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Mounting an Omniwheel

So... We got omniwheels, and want to mount them. Unfortunately, we don't know what we need to mount them. The baring can just fall out. We got spacers to mount sprockets, but they don't keep it in place either. What do we need to mount them?
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

We need a little more information. What type of omniwheels are you using, what type of drivetrain are you using (live axle or dead axle). My gut says you need a hub but we need more information to know for sure.
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

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We need a little more information. What type of omniwheels are you using, what type of drivetrain are you using (live axle or dead axle). My gut says you need a hub but we need more information to know for sure.
Pics would be good too
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

We are using a (or we want to use) four wheel drive. It is independent of the axel. It's an 8" aluminum omniwheel. In the picture on Any Mark, the baring is just sitting in the middle, but it doesn't stay. http://www.andymark.com/ProductDetai...Code=am%2D0431
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

The wheels are independent of the axel. We are using four wheel drive, 2 of them are omniwheels. http://www.andymark.com/ProductDetai...Code=am%2D0431.
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

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The wheels are independent of the axel. We are using four wheel drive, 2 of them are omniwheels. http://www.andymark.com/ProductDetai...Code=am%2D0431.
Are the omni's powered?
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

Yes, the omniwheel are powered
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

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The wheels are independent of the axel. We are using four wheel drive, 2 of them are omniwheels. http://www.andymark.com/ProductDetai...Code=am%2D0431.
So it is a dead axle system, I do not personally have experience with these particular wheels however it appears that the bearings are a press fit to the center, you mount the spacers and sprockets to the wheel with bolts through the mounting holes.
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

Yeah, the barings go into the center and they don't just slide, but they can easily be removed, like when test drove the robot before we got the sprockets, and the omniwheels came off.
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

Did the wheel come off the bearing or did it come off the chain? Are you using spacers on your axle to ensure the wheel can't move laterally during operation?
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

We have used these before, 6 inch version. How we mounted them on a dead ale system was using flanged Bearings similar to these: 6384K348

I would recommended purchasing these as the quickest solution.
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

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Yeah, the barings go into the center and they don't just slide, but they can easily be removed, like when test drove the robot before we got the sprockets, and the omniwheels came off.
If the bearings are falling off then you need longer spacers to hold them in there or you need to fabricate some screws in the wheel to told them in

So it should look like

Frame| Spacer| Bearing | Wheel | Bearing | Spacer | Frame

The spacers should be long enough so that the wheel barely moves side to side

does that answer what you were asking?
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

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Yeah, the barings go into the center and they don't just slide, but they can easily be removed, like when test drove the robot before we got the sprockets, and the omniwheels came off.
I have a feeling that you're not using any spacers on your axles. Try cutting some PVC pipe to length to slide over your axles to keep the wheels in the same place, it'll also keep the bearings from sliding out because theres PVC pipe in the way....

Should be like this

| is sprocket
- is axle
= is spacer
|| is wheel


-==|=||==-
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Try cutting some PVC pipe to length to slide over your axles to keep the wheels in the same place, it'll also keep the bearings from sliding out because theres PVC pipe in the way....
PVC works great for this but make sure the pipe rubs against the bearings and not the omnis... we have found that some Aluminum pipes that we cut ourselves work for this due to the thinner wall then pvc
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Re: Mounting an Omniwheel

viperred396 is correct, spacers will probably be your quickest solution.

You can also use shaft collars to stop the wheels from traveling latterly and prevent the bearings from falling out.
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