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<div>Thank you for the informative reply. I would be much obliged if you would provide me the part information on the replacement bearings and belt.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Hartmann Harz <<a href="mailto:harz@biz.uni-muenchen.de">harz@biz.uni-muenchen.de</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, November 19, 2014 2:20 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Michael Redd <<a href="mailto:mredd@cores.utah.edu">mredd@cores.utah.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:openspim@openspim.org">openspim@openspim.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:openspim@openspim.org">openspim@openspim.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:edgar.escobar.nieto@ipt.fraunhofer.de">edgar.escobar.nieto@ipt.fraunhofer.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:edgar.escobar.nieto@ipt.fraunhofer.de">edgar.escobar.nieto@ipt.fraunhofer.de</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [OpenSPIM] twister motor belt slipping<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Dear Michael,<br>
in the bginning I also had the problem of belt slipping. At least I was believing that the belt slips. Later I learned that the belt tesion was to high and the bearing was hard-steering. This results during the operation of the twister stepping motor in a loss
of steps. Loss of steps or slipping has the same effect, the twister does not turn to the expected angle. We solved this issue by exchanging the bearing with a smooth running one and by a LONGER belt producing lower tension and thereby lower friction in the
bearings of the motor and the sample holder.<br>
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I don't know if this helps to solve your problem but eventually this could help others. At least here in Munich it worked.<br>
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Best regards<br>
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Hartmann<br>
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Dr. H. Harz
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Biozentrum
AG Prof. Leonhardt
Raum B02.059
Großhaderner Straße 2
82152 Martinsried
Germany
Phone: +49(89)2180-74 259
Fax: +49(89)218099-74 236
Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:harz@biz.uni-muenchen.de">harz@biz.uni-muenchen.de</a></pre>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19.11.2014 18:42, Michael Redd wrote:<br>
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<div>I am struggling with the twister motor belt slipping that others have mentioned. I have seen the toothed belt used by Edgar's group in Aachen and would be much obliged if he described this in more detail so I could copy it.</div>
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<div>University of Utah</div>
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Dr. H. Harz
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Biozentrum
AG Prof. Leonhardt
Raum B02.059
Großhaderner Straße 2
82152 Martinsried
Germany
Phone: +49(89)2180-74 259
Fax: +49(89)218099-74 236
Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:harz@biz.uni-muenchen.de">harz@biz.uni-muenchen.de</a></pre>
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