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Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Thu, 5 May 2005 13:22:29 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Brian Davis wrote:
In lugnet.technic, Steve Hassenplug wrote:

Actually, you don't really need sensors at the
bottom, assuming the lock doesn't actually open
at the bottom.  Just run it down for a length
of time, then run it up until the sensors are
pressed...

   Another possibility is to not make the connection between the lift lines
and the lifted frame rigid, but "slippable" (for instance, instead of using
a single line, use a loop that attaches to the frame by wrapping around
several fixed pulleys or something. When the frame is lowered, overlowering
it will cause the connections to slip and align the frame once per cycle.
Getting the friction to stay correct throughout the show may be an issue,
but this way the system would handle slight misalignments and correct them
automaticly.

The 'water' and especially the boat are quite heavy, so any slippable
connections would not work.  The weight would also cause problems with driving
the string reliably.

john



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  Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
 
(...) Counterweights. (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)

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(...) Another possibility is to not make the connection between the lift lines and the lifted frame rigid, but "slippable" (for instance, instead of using a single line, use a loop that attaches to the frame by wrapping around several fixed pulleys (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)

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