Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration
Noel Chiappa
jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Tue Oct 16 18:21:34 CDT 2018
> From: Guy Dunphy
> The mechanics has no adjustment or spring tension on the pinch roller
> positions. ... all the spring is in the rubber of the rollers.
> But how much squish?
> ...
> I'm hoping someone might have some knowledge of how much punch card
> reader pinch rollers should press against capstans. Does 0.2mm squish
> seem right
To produce a given force on the card, the dimensional amount of squish needed
would depend on the rigidity of the material, no? A stiff material would
need/want less than something soft, I would think.
Noel
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