Productivity is a shared goal in industrial applications, involving designers, component makers, and end users. Everyone plays a role. In this report, the editors of Motion System Design polled belt ...

30 HP triple reduction 32:1. Plant managers are continuously looking for new ways to cut costs, improve safety, and increase efficiencies, and often those benefits can be found by converting their ...

Over-tensioning shortens not only the life of V-belts but also that of the sheaves, electric motor, and driven equipment bearings. In extreme cases, it can even bend or break a motor shaft.