Have you considered using timing belts with teeth on both sides? If I'm picturing things right, some of your idlers become drivers.
Dodge calls them Dual Dyna-Sync, but there are plenty of other mfrs. Here's an example of one in urethane:
Have you considered using timing belts with teeth on both sides? If I'm picturing things right, some of your idlers become drivers.
Dodge calls them Dual Dyna-Sync, but there are plenty of other mfrs. Here's an example of one in urethane:
Browning, er make that Emerson Power Transmission makes what is known as a "double gear belt" with the same teeth on the inside as the outside which would allow you to drive it using a conventional toothed sprocket. They come in XL (1/5" or .200" pitch-1/4", 5/16" and 3/8" widths), L (3/8" or .375 pitch-1/2", 3/4" and 1" widths) and H (1/2" or .500 pitch-3/4", 1", 1 1/2",
2" and 2 1/2 widths) cross sections. In the catalog I have (DC98 Condensed) there is a nice section about application and power transmission fundamentals with drive tables (center distances). You might want to start there. If power transmission really is NOT the problem, then you might want to look in the catalog of SDP (Standard Drive Products
consider using "ball chain"-- round plastic or steel balls linked with cable. Berg, among others, sells it
I'll second browsing through the SDP site and using their components - I've used their gears, pulleys, belts, etc. in numerous prototypes over the years and their quality is first rate. Their hardcopy catalogues also include fantastic reference sections. V8Z
"double gear belt" with
it using a conventional
3/8" widths), L (3/8" or 1/2", 2" and 2 1/2application and power
want to start there.
look in the catalog of SDP
the shelf drives that
be able to help you size or
Joe,
Stock Drive Products gives away some very cool design manuals for free.
-Mike
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