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Re: flexible tubbing
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:21:08 GMT
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Al Thiele <agthiele@san.rr%saynotospam%.com>
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How about rubber/latex surgical tubing from a chemical or medical supply
house? If none in your locale, consider McMaster-Carr in LA --
many varieties of tubing (www.mcmaster.com -- no minimum order).
Al Thiele
eoprLinc Smith wrote:
> I am looking for a pneumatic tubing substitute that is a great deal more
> flexible than the rubber tubing supplied by Lego. If anyone has ideas, or
> experiences I would be grateful to hear about them.
>
> The application (simply) has tubing running between a support boom, and a
> processing head (gripper of sorts) that uses pneumatics. The boom and head
> are attached by a "universal-joint", and the head dangles freely. Current
> use of the tubing puts to much restriction in the mobility of the processing
> head.
>
> One idea I had was to use a coiled tube (something like a phone cord) but I
> never found anything. I need to run a total of 4 lines to the processing
> head.
>
> Thanks
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