Flat rubber belts were developed around the turn of the century primarily as replacements for leather belts. With the advent of V-belts, fewer machines were designed to use flat belts, and their...
It's time to get serious about belt and chain alignment. Belt and Chain alignment is not something new. It's a fact that early industrial machines were all belt driven i.e. Cotton mills. We don't...
In addition to the flat leather and fabric belts used in belt drives of the early 1900s, industry used hemp or wire rope running in grooved pulleys. These rope systems inspired development of the...
A urethane timing belt moves samples into position in this CAD simulation of an automated blood sampling machine. Timing-belt drives transmit torque and motion from a driving to a driven pulley or...
Metal-chain drives are normally used for applications below 3,000 rpm where accuracy and reliability must be greater than that provided by rubber belts. Because a metal chain does not stretch or slip...
