Conveyor Belt

[JosephC]

We've always used 1' polycord for our conveyors, as it can be lighter. We have a few tread based designs lying around the shop that we never actually wanted to use.

If you really want to know about the tread then I can go find out, but I recommend using polycord like this... http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...373a11c3_l.jpg

[Cem8301]

Polycord is a good choice!

@JosephC, what did you use as the polycord track? (in other words, what is the black thing called?)

[JosephC]

Originally Posted by Cem8301

@JosephC, what did you use as the polycord track? (in other words, what is the black thing called?)

Im not completely sure what the black roller is in that picture (as its not our robot, its just a picture I found after a quick Google search).

In lunacy I believed we used PVC rollers (not 100% sure, I'll double check tomorrow) much like the ones used in that picture. 2nd place on Einstein; won IRI(if anyone doubts the power of polycord).

[Tom I]

My team has used polycord many times over the years with plenty of success. We first used it in ZoneZeal, but we used 1" wide flat belting material that was melted together. In Aim High, we used 1/4" round solid core, also melted together. It was a bear to melt together all the pieces but it worked wonderfully. After that year we discovered hollow core belting, which is much easier to work with and yields the same result, never had a belt snap.

aaaaaaaaaand this is where I'm probably going to get either a slap or a hand shake from everyone reading, this is a very polarizing design...
In Lunacy, my senior year, we had the brilliant idea to combine the flat belting and the solid core tubing... by melting them together. This design was then fed through the gap in 80-20, and we got a... brush. Behold, our robot from 2009.
...yeah, we did that. And it was awesome.