Re: toothed belt

Timing belts do not fail in tension, the teeth shear off. This happens
when the belt skips from inadequate tension. You need a pulley jack to
put enough tension on the belts unless you are using pretty small sizes.

If you call Gates or any other manufacture and tell them the pulley
sizes and the belt length they will be happy to tell you the correct
tension. Tension is measured by deflection at the center of the belt
at a given force.

BTW Gates will also help you pick pulley sizes, belt lengths and
center distances if you give them the HP to be transmitted.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jack Ensor <jensor@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to determine the necessary tension to set up on a
> tooth belt?
> Jensor
>