Zip Tying Motor Controllers onto Robot?

[45Auto]

We've been using nothing but zipties on our motor controllers with complete success since 2006 , when we discovered that Loctite dissolves the plastic cases and they fall apart .....

[Brandon_L]

There are no rules that disallow it, but there are better methods. Personally, I prefer industrial Velcro. Its a godsend for making quick repairs (i.e. electronics swapouts).

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

There are no rules that disallow it, but there are better methods. Personally, I prefer industrial Velcro. Its a godsend for making quick repairs (i.e. electronics swapouts).

I like Dual-Lock even better. That way, you only need one roll on hand, and I think it's even stronger than industrial Velcro. It also keeps things from wiggling around, too.

[Cash4587]

We go even further to cut out our belly pan with all the mounting holes for ALL of the electronics and proceed to thread the holes of the .090 plate. I used the Hole Wizard tool in solid works to give all of the holes the proper dimension and then we thread them as soon as the plate gets back from the laser sponsor. The holes don't even need drilling before we tap them. After the holes are tapped we bolt everything to the plate with plastic machine screws and then cut off the excess bolt with a pair of dikes. Super Simple after the cad is done. However. If we decide we need to add things later Zip Ties, are our number one choice. So zip ties work very well.