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08-02-2016, 08:53

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Re: Chain or gear drive?

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Originally Posted by Bruceb

we started using belt drive a few years ago and we will NEVER go back to chain.
with the correct spacing you never need a tensioner. Set it and forget it.

I'm curious what you're gearing your belt-drive bot to, and what kind of belts/pulleys. We just switched *to* chain after several years of belts, because in very-high-torque pushing matches our 15mm HTD belts would jump even with laser-cut center-to-center mounting plates (and then even with delrin tensioners).

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