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Unread 10-01-2009, 15:44
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Motor recommendations

What motors do you recommend for a "conveyor-belt" style ball intake system? We were looking at taking fischer-price motors and attaching them to some banebot gearboxes, but we're not even sure if that will work well...

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Re: Motor recommendations

Most of the time your question has already been answered elsewhere...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=71593

Go with either FP or globe. It's all your call, however.
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Re: Motor recommendations

cim is your best option. it can give you a lot of leway when it comes to speed.
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Re: Motor recommendations

I would NOT use the CIMs for gathering balls with a conveyor. Way too much power, and the gearbox would require a hefty amount of weight and space.

Check out the window motors, I bet you'll find them just about right.
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Re: Motor recommendations

window isnt powerfull enough. we are using cim for ours and it works like a charm.
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Re: Motor recommendations

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window isnt powerfull enough. we are using cim for ours and it works like a charm.
FP, if available. Globe, if the FP's aren't available. Window after that. CIMs are overkill for that sort of thing; 330's 2006 robot used FPs for everything related to ball handling except the shooter (big CIM, which isn't legal anymore).
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Re: Motor recommendations

cims arnt really overkill. we have a conveyor going right now and we have a cim on it. it works really well and the speed can be changed.
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Re: Motor recommendations

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FP, if available. Globe, if the FP's aren't available. Window after that. CIMs are overkill for that sort of thing; 330's 2006 robot used FPs for everything related to ball handling except the shooter (big CIM, which isn't legal anymore).
I agree with you. Kinda not using the windows for anything except for some random tasks.
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