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12-01-2006, 18:36

Max Lobovsky Max Lobovsky is offline

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Conveyor belts

We are looking to build a conveyor belt to transfer balls. I have found a variety of conveyor belting on McMaster-Carr, but I'm having a hard time finding appropriate rollers for the belting. Are any rollers of the right minimum diameter with decent friction acceptable? What about for belting that has only one high friction side? What kind of force can I expect to transfer to the belt (ie, how much tension per in will a given roller apply)?

Additionally, any advice on conveyor construction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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