2016 Bosch motor 6004 RA3 194-06

[kprzewodek]

Just wanted to start a thread for any questions, feedback, suggestions on this year’s first choice offering for the Bosch motor PN 6004 RA3 194-06. I work for Bosch in the motors division so I am familiar with the technical details on this motor. Also, I’m currently an FRC mentor and have been for the past 15 years (wow how time flies).

Hopefully teams find this a useful addition to the motor options. It’s best for a quick addition without much worry about custom gearing and fits a pocket in the options where you might want more torque than the window and snow blower motors offer. Of course at a cost of speed. With a build in thermal switch it is very unlikely to make magic smoke or destroy itself from overheating. It also has an integrated hall sensor which can be quite useful for position feedback and to give the programming teams something to play with. It’s good to see this option becoming more common in many of the KOP motors.

Some of the other Bosch teams had some initial samples to experiment with so may be able to share some early ideas on how best to utilize.

Interfacing with the start output might be the biggest challenge. Wish we had a hex output . Thoughts about 3d printing an interface has been brought up but needs to be experimented with since it may not be strong enough. Another option is if you can find or mill a square 6mm x 6mm steel or Aluminum shaft....or even mill down a hex shaft. It's very important that you have a tight fit since any slop with slowly start to strip out the connection and once that goes it's very hard to repair.