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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
The Lewis form factors are very very conservative for an intermittent duty or short life application (such as a FIRST robot). I have designed many production actuators for automotive applications (power liftgate actuators, power sliding door actuators, power lock/unlock actuators, power cinching latches, power cinching strikers, power unlatch actuators, power window actuators, etc.) I have never had a case where the Lewis forumulas gave me useful data.
Joe J.
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Hmph. Sometimes I lothe what academia has (not) taught me.
Thank you, Joe!
Matt
A winning robot is the better robot, no matter how it was made or how much it cost. - Chris is me [more] 
23-01-2006, 13:13
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