Elevator Design - Rack and Pinion Cascaded - 772

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Madison

I would avoid using a rack and pinion in this manner because I am not absolutely confident that we could keep both motors synchronized well enough to avoid binding. One motor spinning at a slightly different speed than the other will eventually cause its side of the elevator to be one or more rack teeth off and the elevator may eventually bind.

Moving the rack to the rear of the uprights and using a shaft to connect the two motors may be an option.