I'm making a 4-wheeled trolley to move a welder slowly along steel tracks. A geared electric motor will drive it very slowly, say 5mm per second or fa ster as necessary. I intend driving just one wheel, as it's rather complica ted otherwise (dual track width, and maybe variable track width). So is this going to work or will there be too much friction or will the tro lley jam? The trolley will be about 1200mm square and made of steel angle, and will have to carry the weight of the welding tip and wire feeder and ga s. The power supply and gas bottle will be on a separate vehicle.
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10 years ago