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Re: Conveyor Belts?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:06:12 GMT
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> That is assuming that the chain links are actually useful in making a
> conveyor belt. I had assumed that most conveyor belts were made with the
> chain links and an occasional belt link to act as the "bucket" that pushes
> the balls up. However, after following the recent discussion, it seems
> that maybe people are using the conveyor belt links exclusively?
The system you're wanting to use can work just fine. My train loader uses a bunch
of chain links with about ten conveyor belt links. Each conveyor link has a 1x4 tile
on it (a 1x4 plate could be used).
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1049782
I think all the lifts that I've seen that use conveyor links, also use chain links,
and there are many ways to do it.
Steve
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| news-gateway@lugnet.com wrote on 01/28/2005 08:06:12 AM: (...) the (...) pushes (...) seems (...) Tim Massey (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| news-gateway@lugnet.com wrote on 01/26/2005 11:20:23 AM: (...) than one package. I bought two sets of each, which should give me 72 conveyor belt links and 200 chain links. With 2.5 gear teeth/stud and 2 teeth per link, that should be enough for a (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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