Conveyor Belt - Remixed from rjewell999 by 3dfernando

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Yes, I don't have an use for this one... But I need to flex my Mechanical Engineering muscle! So I decided to remix rjewell999's modular plastic conveyor belt design. I based all my models on his, but wanted to modify the sprockets so I can fit my overseas-bought motor. Had a lot of fun designing and building this one! If you have an assembly line you could possibly use these to transport stuff around!
*The two bars on either side are to make sure the I beams don't move apart from each other (happened). They were designed a posteriori, and are a bodge. Feel free to change that!
I published the Inventor files if you want to modify them. Have fun!
Video of the working model uploaded here:https://youtu.be/mo3IvrBnOnAhttps://youtu.be/7cM0Jle0LSw
P.S.:
As it was asked multiple times, here's a few of the missing parts:
-Belt link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1855466. You'll need ~45 units as far as I remember. The belt links are attached with the "Belt Holder", which you have to print as many as belt links. I recommend you to have a few spares.
-All screws/nuts are M3x12. (some as you see in the picture are rather long)
-Bearings are 5x11x5mm (https://www.banggood.com/10pcs-685ZZ-5x11x5mm-Ball-Bearings-Miniature-Bearings-p-1148729.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN)
-Motor spins at 50RPM (https://www.banggood.com/DC-6V-50RPM-Powerful-Torque-Micro-Speed-Reduction-Gear-Box-Motor-p-1010698.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN)
Sorry for the china links, those are the ones I had lying around for projects like this one. All the cables were hand made, and the motor is literally connected to a 4.5V AA stack of 3 batteries.