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Re: encoder for cam-driven kicker?
We also use a cam driven kicker. We put a simple 1 turn pot on the shaft for the kicker (not the cam where you need continuous turns). This works well for us because we have multiple positions we want the kicker to be in: one position (middle of travel) for ball collection to stop balls from going under the frame, the other to give us clearance (close to kicking) to go over the bump. It is also easier to detect a pot failure than a limit switch failure.
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You Texas boys and your fancy swerve drive. Why don't ya'll come up here to New England? I'm about to saddle me up a skid steer and herd ya'll fellers into a corner. - Tom Bottiglieri [more] 
17-03-2010, 10:09
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