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Home > News > IDS News - Scroller's Development  

When Sandia National Labs made the linear version
they used Copper Berylium (Beryl) for their bands.
The Scroller Wheel shown has 4 identical wheels rotating within a wheel.
When it rolls, although the 4 wheels turn, the ScrollerWheel itself does not turn.
It seems very strange but there is no slipping, sliding or rubbing
so for the first time in history, it provides virtually frictionless rotary motion.

Link: Scroller Video

PS-
The video shows flat belt-grooves with there is no centering action
and it uses a simple inexpensive hose cut into strips,
so the model shown is very rough and the bands eventually walk.

It has been a long patient wait. Now the ScrollerWheel is about to get rolling. So many people called asking "can I get one for this", "will it work in this", "what if you used it to ....". People usually deal with products, but Scroller Motion is a principle from which mechanisms can be designed and products created for a HUGE variety of applications.

The belting composition and design would differ for almost every application. This requires alliances between Goodyear Belting for the belt construction and Dupont for the belting material (temperatures, loads, speeds, expected life, etc. mean different compositions). Thru this alliance, a best belting option is designed specifically for each application.

Many of you have sent us e-mails questioning the delays. Believe us, what seems easy from the outside, sometimes gets incredibly complicated on the inside. In the beginning, so many people called. After weeks of non-stop calls, the phone was disconnected so work could get done. E-mails and letters were recorded and those thousands of people were transfered into a contact database. All those who called were not recorded, so many need to email us if they wish to be placed in the database for any notifications.

Link: Mail Alert

 
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