Balancing Belt Tension
Balancing Belt Tension
(OP)
We have a moving shiploader boom with cover reels on both ends. As the boom shuttles through a cradle one reel pays out and the other reel pays in. We are trying to come up with a method to balance/control the two reel forces to not overpower the motor that actually pushes the boom.





RE: Balancing Belt Tension
i think you could automatically control to two wire drum motors by adding a tension control. downstream of the motor put a fixed idler wheel. then add a tensioner arm between the fixed wheel and the motor. As the arm extends it increases the tension in the cable, similiarly as the tension in the cable increases the arm is moved. sounds like something you can control; no?
RE: Balancing Belt Tension
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
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