#3: How to calculate motor drive torque for belt and pulley systems
Belt driven linear systems are common in applications that require long travel and high speed, such as gantry robots and material handling and transport. The motors of choice for these systems are often servo motors, for their ability to accurately control position, speed, and torque.
Sizing and selecting the servo motor requires determining both the continuous and intermittent drive torques required for the application. The continuous torque is calculated by taking the root mean square of all the torque requirements throughout the application — torque required for acceleration, torque for constant velocity, and torque for deceleration. In most applications, the maximum (intermittent) torque occurs during acceleration.
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