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Articulated "Chain Linked" Drive Gears
richard_liberatoscioli
Member Posts: 2 ✭
Hello! (day one with onshape)
In this onshape gear demo:
I wish to do the same, but not having the gears mounted to a "fixed" beam as shown, but have the gears mounted to the "axials" of a "roller chain".
My prototype is basically a tooth meshed gear driven "roller chain" (think: roller chain with a meshed gear at every roller "thru axial link" ….. gears on both sides of chain)
The first end gears are motor powered, and drive all the other gears (1 to 1 ratio) in series throughout the full length of the chain (aprox. 3" wide x 6 foot long chain).
This chain linked set of drive gears (and rollers) would be "spring connected" (at each axial) to an identical chain laying atop of it.
This setup affords the functionality of a special "fully articulating" center transporting "roller belt" conveyer.
This conveyer assembly setup starts out as a straight chain, then lowered into position, while negotiating a "U" bend and a 90 degree turn (think: sewer lateral "P" trap")
Now this drive chain "conveyor" can pull a 2" sewer liner repair pipe thru and around the difficult "P" trap and out to about 80 feet to the city sewer mains.
In the onshape demos of "chain construction", it appears the chain acts appropriately (realistically) to the external forces applied to it. (ie: pushing on the end of the chain, the other links bend out of the way)
Is this a "motion" algorithm set within the chain design?