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Re: Pics of my "Auto Hopper" unloading hopper car
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:34:11 GMT
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
news:GA3Bs5.3xx@lugnet.com...
> I have uploaded some pictures of my recent hopper car design that has
> self-closing unloading doors. The "Auto Hopper" is part of a larger • project
> that will include a loading and unloading station via an RCX. This hopper
> was designed so that it can be driven up onto a scale and then unloaded by
> the RCX if it's carring a load.
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> The doors are "spring loaded" using a small technic rubber band, thus
> allowing them to close tight after being unloaded.
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> Also you will notice the hopper is actually 7 wide due to the over hang on
> the top and the inverted 1x6 plates on the sides for the ribbing.
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> Let me know what you think.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3725
It looks very good! The overall design of the hopper looks very nice and I
really like the working unloading doors.
Are you running the hoppers over 4.5V tracks or does the load drop between
the ties of 9V tracks? I'm also very curious how the RCX interacts with the
hopper (you made a mechanism that can turn the black switches on the side of
the hopper?
Either way, I'm impressed by the design - I'm trying to build some
auto-discharging hoppers too :-)
-Frank
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| (...) Yes, the unloading is happening over 4.5 volt track so that I can discharge into a bin below. Also I'm working on making the same section of track act as a scale by using some springs and a rotation sensor. As for the how the RCX will interact (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| I have uploaded some pictures of my recent hopper car design that has self-closing unloading doors. The "Auto Hopper" is part of a larger project that will include a loading and unloading station via an RCX. This hopper was designed so that it can (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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