How to order v-belts
How to order v-belts
(OP)
Gents
I need to order some Europeean V-belts in the USA.
The purchase department cant locate these belts, in spite of pictures with the model and manufacturer clearly visible.
Gates Super HC SPA 1450
and
Pirelli Equi-Match SPA 865
How can I explain better what I need so that they can easily find them?
As far as I can read on the Web, SPA is the profile, and the numbers will then be the circumference in mm, but is it the measurements on the outside of the belt, or am I completely wrong?
I need to order some Europeean V-belts in the USA.
The purchase department cant locate these belts, in spite of pictures with the model and manufacturer clearly visible.
Gates Super HC SPA 1450
and
Pirelli Equi-Match SPA 865
How can I explain better what I need so that they can easily find them?
As far as I can read on the Web, SPA is the profile, and the numbers will then be the circumference in mm, but is it the measurements on the outside of the belt, or am I completely wrong?





RE: How to order v-belts
As far as I am aware Gates is a US company so you shouldn't have any problem buying belts.
From memory the belt length is measured at about midway inside / outside dia. ie, the mean dia. of the pulley.
Take a belt and visit the local engineering supplier.
RE: How to order v-belts
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RE: How to order v-belts
Manufacturers or Importers that stock this belt will be:
Speed Control
Jason Industrial
Optibelt
Ammetric
Pirelli
Dunlop
The proper order nomenclature would be SPA 1450 & SPA 865
Russell Giuliano
RE: How to order v-belts
RE: How to order v-belts
I noticed that some list the Pitch length, which is slightly less.
Example SPA 1432 (plus 18mm to get the Outside Lenght=1450)
All the best,
M
RE: How to order v-belts
This may be all you need.
RE: How to order v-belts
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RE: How to order v-belts
European they may be, ODD they are not. And they've been around for years.
RE: How to order v-belts
Please do not attempt to correct me. They have been around for years, but few American distributors will even bother with them, due to low US demand.
Russell Giuliano
RE: How to order v-belts
There are all manner of 'odd' things in the US which are quite normal to the people who live there, just as you think some things in Europe are 'odd' even though they are normal to folk on this side of the water: it's a matter of perspective.
Your post is unnecessarily rude and arrogant.
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RE: How to order v-belts
RE: How to order v-belts
If you think my post was rude, then I am sorry you are offended so easily. Arrogant perhaps, for a reason.
Russell Giuliano