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Re: Gantry EOAT Complete
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Thu, 10 May 2001 15:59:43 GMT
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Rebel Transcanner wrote:
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> http://www.oxford.net/~hendryjr/train1/
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> (eoat_.jpg series)
Nice work, man!
A question - I take it that this setup assumes not only the L-feet
on the container bottom, but that there's an extra plate thickness
gap between the container bottom and the car?
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> As you can see, the EOAT grabs the containers from below with four "toggle"
> clamps which rotate under the container. So I'm assuming everyone's going to
> be nice and use that technique on the bottom (with the four L-shaped pieces)
> like LEGO shows in their manuals. :) As long as there are a few flat
> surfaces on the top, this thing should be able to pick up all sorts of wild
> containers!
Excellent.
Jeff E
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| "Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3AFABAEF.251FFF...res.com... (...) Thanks. :) (...) Yeah - Any container cars you want loaded/unloaded have to have the container elevated off the flatbed by one flat plate thickness - which (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Gantry EOAT Complete
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| (URL) series) I've finished the end of arm tool for the gantry loader/unloader I've been working on, and I'm very pleased with the design. It's compliant to one full stud in the horizontal planes (whatever you decide to label them as). It's also (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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