New Products - January 2021 (V5 Workcell)

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@TheRichDarth

I feel like there could easily be a simple Vex Metal heatsink for the motors

Compressed air on motors

It’s not quite this simple. If we made the V5 Smart Motor housing out of metal housing, we’d actually have worse effective performance because of government safety regulations. If you touch a very cold or very hot object, the speed at which you’ll get frost bite or burns is based upon how quickly the temperature of that object can transfer into your exposed skin. Since plastic is a worse conductor of heat than metal, safety regulations allow exposed plastic surfaces to reach a higher temperatur…