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High-torque synchronous belt for industrial applications

February 20, 2019 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

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Gates has introduced the PowerGrip GT4 belt, a newly designed ethylene elastomer (EE) high-torque synchronous belt for industrial markets. The PowerGrip GT4 reflects Gates’ dedication to innovation in materials science and process engineering.Many of the elastomer synchronous belts in the market today are made using chloroprene, a material that has performance limitations. The new Gates PowerGrip […]

Filed Under: Belt + chain Tagged With: Gates

Motion design trend: Belt drives get stronger, cleaner, faster

March 4, 2015 By Lisa Eitel 1 Comment

Belt Technologies

Advances have improved the performance of belts over the last few years. That’s good news for the $6 billion belt industry, expected to grow 7% this year, according to industry-research company IBISWorld. The increase is mostly thanks to an uptick in automotive, industrial and mining applications, with U.S. oil and gas exploration and production expanding […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Mechanical PT Tagged With: Belt Technologies, ContiTech, Gates

How to size and select belts and pulleys: An Engineer’s Guide

August 24, 2012 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Updated May 2016 || Industrial belt drives consist of rubber belts that wrap around drive pulleys, in turn driven by electric motors. In a typical setup, the belt also wraps around one or more idler pulleys that keep the belt taut and on track. More after the jump.   The main reasons that engineers pick drives […]

Filed Under: Mechanical PT, Motion Selection Guides Tagged With: Dorner, Gates, SDP-SI (Stock Drive Products)

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