combo encoder and chain tensioner

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by stj_1533

The last few years we've always seemed to mount our quadrature shaft encoders somewhere difficult to reach. I was thinking that this year we'd try to mount one with an idler sprocket on a chain tensioner. Any thoughts?

Avoid using an encoder as the tensioner shaft. The bearings in it probably aren't capable of supporting the radial load of a tensioner.

Instead, install it on a tensioner that supports its shaft independently. (See here for some examples of shaft-mount encoders that you might be able to use.)