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FTC REV Pulley Guard 2017 by pmichaud
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This is a simple guard for REV Robotics 15mm Extrusion and 10mm Small Pulley Bearings. REV's pulley bearings are fantastic, but you often want something to make sure the cable doesn't slip off the pulley -- thus these "pulley guards".
The guards are only 12mm wide, meaning they're smaller than width of the extrusion (15mm) so several can be stacked side-by-side. The pulley is to be mounted in the U-shaped section of the guard and attached to a REV extrusion using a 12mm or larger M3 hex cap screw. The other hole in the guard can have a smaller M3 screw and keeps the guard from spinning in place.
The guard has slightly raised ridges at the hub of the pulley to reduce friction between the pulley and the guard. Technically the ridges form unsupported overhangs, your printer's ability to reproduce these may vary.
FTC 7172 has used these on many of their robot designs and they work well to keep cables in place around the pulleys.
The guards are only 12mm wide, meaning they're smaller than width of the extrusion (15mm) so several can be stacked side-by-side. The pulley is to be mounted in the U-shaped section of the guard and attached to a REV extrusion using a 12mm or larger M3 hex cap screw. The other hole in the guard can have a smaller M3 screw and keeps the guard from spinning in place.
The guard has slightly raised ridges at the hub of the pulley to reduce friction between the pulley and the guard. Technically the ridges form unsupported overhangs, your printer's ability to reproduce these may vary.
FTC 7172 has used these on many of their robot designs and they work well to keep cables in place around the pulleys.