Pulley Setup
Pulley Setup
(OP)
Hello everyone, I am trying to set up a v-belt system to drive a moving arm/axle. The idea is to get a pulley from a motor to a set pulley, then from that pulley to a arm, so that the arm can move without the distance from the motor to the end of the arm changing. Does anyone know the most effective way to set this up? I was thinking an idle pulley at the midpoint would work best but do they make that with 2 groves?
Any comments would be helpful
Any comments would be helpful





RE: Pulley Setup
This sounds like a two stage mechanism of some sort, and you are trying to transmit power through a moving part. Could you include a sketch?
RE: Pulley Setup
RE: Pulley Setup
I suggest your next step should be acquiring catalogs, from at least W.W.Grainger and McMaster-Carr. Both also sell online, but print catalogs are easier to study.
I'll give you a design hint: Inexpensive pillow blocks with bronze bushings make good machinery pivots.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Pulley Setup