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13-05-2012, 21:46

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Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

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Originally Posted by BrendanB

Adam, what material do you make your rollers out of?

All the rollers on our robot (intake and conveyor) were 1.5" 1/16" wall. It would have been nice to make the rollers not exposed to impact 1/32" wall.

We made delrin external rings to space the belts, but this could have been done with tape, tread, etc...

The HUGE lesson we learned in 09 with polycord was that your rollers should be stiff for maximum efficiency.

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