I am working on designing a "walking beam" transport system similar to this.
https://youtu.be/SNd1xAoMlZM
From the sound of it, it seems this one is powered pneumatically. My application requires 15"of horizontal movement and no more than 2 inches of vertical movement. Speed is 20 inch/s. The...
I am trying to design a mechanism that will lock two rollers against each other. One roller is driven by a motor and its position is fixed. The second roller is a pinch roller that needs to contact the drive roller during operation so it is driven. The pinch roller also needs to be able to be...
I am having issues with excessive wear on a drive roller on a labeling machine. Two pinch rollers (knurled aluminum) press lightly against it to pinch a label web between and drive it. Originally the drive roller was made of nitrile rubber. It was wearing too fast so I changed it to a higher...
I need to select a bearing type for a rotary table. The table will be an aluminum plate, 48 inch dia 75 lbs, and will need to rotate at 60rpm max. I would like the plate to be supported by just the bearing. would a slewing ring be best or can I use an angular contact bearing or even just a...
I need to synchronize 6 parallel shafts to rotate 180 degrees forward and backward at 10x/min. The load is very low <2 lbs. I'm finding that gears are too expensive (I don't want to press fit). Pulleys connecting each shaft to the next would work but maybe there is a better way. Can this be done...
