Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Reinforced Kapston Belt

Looks like the humans forgot to post their progress again.  When last we left, they were battling the problem where the belt was wrinkling as the plastic constricted due to cooling. 

Padawan came up with the idea of reinforcing the Kapston by applying self adhesive laminating material to the back.  This works as the kapston resists the heat the maintains the shape of the laminate.

This is a test of .002 reinforced Kapston film:





Makerbot Tractor Upgrade Test 03: Reinforced Kapton Belt from Charley Jones on Vimeo.

Dataman is working on a tensioning mechanism for the standoffs.  Yup, it's based on captive nut technology, what else!  The idea is that bolts will adjust the belt tension.  This is actually turning out to be a engineering problem.  Standby

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