On 6/11/2014 11:00 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > Any one have any ingenious ideas for a good way to drive two parallel ball > screws that are 12 feet appart (gantry router), with only 1 motor (instead of > 2) ?
Either a chain, with idlers as needed to support it, or right angle gear boxes and a cross shaft, with bearings as needed to support it. If you can mount the drive motor in the middle of the chain or cross shaft, that will be better because any give will be even on both sides. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
