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Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:54:07 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Brian Davis wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
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> > ...and then, after lots of testing and verifications,
> > you get the problem of mechanical wear!
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> Yeah, that's a good point. I've yet to have a module fail due to wear, but
> for at least one of my modules I've actually found a dusting of yellow ABS under
> certain axles by the end of the day. I guess part of this is just due to the
> fact that my GBC stuff is some of the *only* moving LEGO that I've ever had
> cumulative run-time measured in days.
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> > Worm gears are no better (of course!).
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> I've got one that uses a worm-driven cam to bump the bottom of the feeding
> area, breaking ball jams. I figure at some point I'll see the cam start to erode
> through the LEGO bump plate.
My pirate ship fired balls using a spinning LEGO tire like a pitching machine.
By the end of Brickfest the tire was completely bald, and there were small
flecks of black rubber all over the place.
You can test, test, and test some more, but it's only when you take a module to
an event like Brickfest that you'll be able to see how it performs at a large
scale (i.e. almost continous operation with tens of thousands of balls).
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| (...) Agreed. That's why I think that testing is one thing, but situational testing is something else. Over the last week, I have run nearly 25000 balls through my latest experiment. I think the trick is to set things up to feed themselves, (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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| (...) Yeah, that's a good point. I've yet to have a module fail due to wear, but for at least one of my modules I've actually found a dusting of yellow ABS under certain axles by the end of the day. I guess part of this is just due to the fact that (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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