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Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:49:56 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> How will the package arriving at the other end
> "throw a switch?". Is there enough friction
> between the package and the belt?
Ideally I'd like the package/crate itself to throw the switch, probably via
pushing on an axle or liftarm extending from beneath. If friction is too low, I
can always use a longer lever arm. Another alternative is to have the crate at
the end of the conveyor slide down a chute, and have a gate or lever in the
chute that resets the system.
The idea of using the conveyor itself to manage the system is a very good one
(one I did not think of), but... it will look more "intelligent" I think if the
crate itself controls this portion of the system. *But*, yours may be the easier
solution.
--
Brian Davis
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 | | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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| (...) Hi Brian, How will the package arriving at the other end "throw a switch?". Is there enough friction between the package and the belt? Will there be a mechanism in the belt itself to "go halfway and stop"? If you only used one polarity switch, (...) (19 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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