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Originally Posted by pilleya
The cyclical loading from the tension in the belt, would actually be very significant as during sharp acceleration the belt is in a way, trying to pull the pulley wheel towards it.
The belt is also steel-reinforced so there wouldn't be any stretch at all, and also the belt isn't going to slip. This isn't something that can be fixed by loosing off the belt tension either, because as soon as the belt is loosened, it'll be taken off by another robot extremely easily
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Small point, but a steel reinforced belt has more stretch in it than, say, a fiberglass reinforced belt like the HTD belts used for other drives.
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06-02-2016, 23:00
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