Hi everyone, I’ve been wondering if anyone knows where to find these two parts I saw on robots last year. I would post pictures but that feature is unavailable to new users.
The orange rubber belts on the 2023 Triple Strange robot:
And the intake rollers that Citrus Circuits used last year:
Thanks for the help.
I would guess the belt is from McMaster
The orange belting is likely polyurethane conveyor belting. A few of the FIRST centered vendors offer variations of this in different widths.
The McMaster Link above (Also sold in other widths and thicknesses)
Thrifty Bot QTY 10 FT - Black Polyurethane Flat Belt
West Coast products Urethane Belting – WestCoast Products
AndyMark 10 ft Black Polybelt Roll - AndyMark, Inc
The rollers that citrus used were custom, but you can buy something similar from vex, robobitz or thriftybot
Yes, the orange belt is the poly belt material from McMaster-Carr, linked above. We used it in 2022 for a different purpose (the flappers on our intake) and it’s tough, flexible, and grippy. To make the kind of belts you see on Triple Strange’s and Citrus Circuits’ robots out of it you heat weld the ends together using a heat gun.
We bought the nice welding kit that works well but for an extreme high price. Later he said he found the same components on Amazon much cheaper.
And for those who wonder what I meant by extreme high price, you kept guessing low!
butt welding kit
more modest kit
We bought this last year and are extremely pleased with it (plus it’s owned by FRC alums)
looks better than when we bolted on a box cutter blade to a soldering gun
We used the 1" belting in 2022 and just made a simple U-shaped jig out of scrap 2x4, butted the two ends together in the U, used a heat gun to melt them, and then pressed down with a chunk of 1x2 aluminum for 10-15 seconds.
The belting is at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071R3CN7F
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