While thinking of alternative ways to do the kinematics of an IDEX machine I came up with this hybrid kinematics.
The belt routing is like a CoreXY, but each loop is connected to a separate head. The Y axis (the gantry) is run directly by two belt loops, either by two steppers or pulleys connected with an axle.
The main goal is, compared to a pure cartesian, move the heavy X motors to a static position.
As the CoreXY loops holds the gantry perpendicular to Y it might be possible, or even better, to use just one Y belt. The system is over constrained as drawn.
Has anyone built something similar or seen this before?
The belt routing is like a CoreXY, but each loop is connected to a separate head. The Y axis (the gantry) is run directly by two belt loops, either by two steppers or pulleys connected with an axle.
The main goal is, compared to a pure cartesian, move the heavy X motors to a static position.
As the CoreXY loops holds the gantry perpendicular to Y it might be possible, or even better, to use just one Y belt. The system is over constrained as drawn.
Has anyone built something similar or seen this before?
