Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] timing belt gear reduction advice

Troy wrote:

>If I use a timing belt around two pulleys do I need to allow for
>some adjustment in the motors position to compensate for slight
>differences in belt length and to aid in installing and removing the
>belt. Or can I simply have the motor with its pully and the shaft
>with its pully at a calculated fixed distance, and stretch the
>pulley around the pulleys.
>
>

In general, it will be extremely difficult to moun the belt without some way
of releiving tension on it. You can use a tension roller on an eccentric
pin, or mount the motor on slots (the easiest way). You usually want to run
these belts quite tight - 20 to 80 Lbs strand tension.

Jon