Timing Belt Design Guide
Timing Belt Design Guide
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I'm looking for a good design guide/resource on timing belts. I have one from Gates that seems pretty good, but didn't know if there was a better one out there. I'm paticularly interested in belt life explectations over small pulleys on 8mm pitch HTD belt.
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RE: Timing Belt Design Guide
RE: Timing Belt Design Guide
1. Matched sets of belts and sprockets.
2. Belts well tensioned and well aligned.
3. Belts properly designed for the loads.
4. Sprockets not below minimum size.
The old HTD belts were weak and tended to require very wide belts. All of the newer belts can carry much more load with a narrower belt. Excessively wide belts are difficult to align and can place excessive loads on the bearings. If the smaller sprocket is too small, it places too much side load on the motor bearings. This is the design aspect most often missed.
Most of our HTD drives are 14 mm pitch. I have very rarely worked with the 8 mm pitch. If you give some details about specific problems you have had, I may have applicable experience.
Johnny Pellin
RE: Timing Belt Design Guide
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