Thursday, February 26, 2009

Modified roller modules

While Thom was working on the winnower, Jeff updated the roller modules to be more durable, as well as integrated a feed hopper.

We were having issues with the rubber staying glued to the rollers, so the design was modified to accept a rubber tube. We now have a seamless rubber roller that does not move or get caught up in the framework.




The belt drive wheel was moved to the opposite side for user safety, and all of the access points were moved to the front, so you don't have to dissemble the entire system to remove a roller.in the field



The feed hopper was integrated into the top of the module, which allows for the same design to be stacked on top of each other to create the 2 pass system. (The metal walls for the hopper are being bent today, so I added them in Photoshop...)

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