03-03-2015, 13:37
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Re: Intake Motors...
I don't know why you guys are geared so fast. We have a BAG geared 35:1 on 4" wheels and it grabs the totes VERY quickly - less than a second from contact to in place. As in our intake slams the box into our frame before we can react. Plenty fast. If you go with a BAG, you definitely want at least this much reduction. In testing we used 15:1 and the intake was so fast that most of our traction materials couldn't grab the tote without burning out.
Edit: Didn't realize you were using the PG71 - which is already geared down 71:1 as the name would suggest. A PG27 is both faster and lighter, and would make your intake 3x as fast (with 3x less torque).
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