Originally Posted by
rowbare
This system could also be used as the foundation for a pretty sweet anti-racking drive system for gantries.
In its most elegant form one could drive a pair of pinions with a common shaft running through a hollow shaft servo or stepper. Other, less elegant, options would be belt-driven common shaft or two half shafts driven by a double ended motor.
Yes, all that is possible, as well as multiple motors to drive a single load, and multiple independent axes on the same belt...
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