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Conveyor belt from LEGO

Posted: 02 Jan 2012, 18:21
by marcel1234
Friends!

I would like to build a conveyor belt from LEGO: about 5 meters long, with elevation and bends. I would like to carry small objects about 4 cm in diameter on it.

I am looking for something similar to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSTq9jQ2tw

Who can tell me which parts of LEGO I need to make such a conveyor belt?

Thank you!

Marcel

Re: Conveyor belt from LEGO

Posted: 02 Jan 2012, 18:45
by inxt-generation
Well, you could use either the old or the new Technic tread links, using gears with the old, and large and small sprockets with the new, to drive the belts. Elevation would be easy. The hard part is turning. The only easy way to have a turn in the belt that I can think of at the moment is to have it banked, like a roller coaster track.

Re: Conveyor belt from LEGO

Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 19:40
by sparramc
This contraption might help: NXT Crane with Ball Sorting Conveyor System

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