Drivetrain Questions - Chief Delphi

02-03-2008, 23:42

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Re: Drivetrain Questions

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Originally Posted by roboticWanderor

what is the best way to tension toothed belt/roller chain?
we have had real problems with chain and belt tension in past robots and it's a problem i want to try and address next year

We added an idler gear that we could adjust and we have never had the chain slip (we put it in during week 3, and we never had any problems yet...).

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