FROM THE WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP Get up to speed with V belt drives (part one)

MOST of us will have a pretty large collection of different sized V belts hanging on the wall of the workshop, many of them worn, and some waiting as spares for failure of a critical belt. In this month’s Workshop article, Josh Giumelli looks at the ins and outs of V belts. Next month we look why V belts fail.

Josh Giumelli
 Belt up: V belts are found in a large proportion of farm machinery and allow the transmission of power in a convenient and relatively cost efficient form. But getting the best out of a V belt drive involves understanding their limitations and why they sometimes fail.

Belt up: V belts are found in a large proportion of farm machinery and allow the transmission of power in a convenient and relatively cost efficient form. But getting the best out of a V belt drive involves understanding their limitations and why they sometimes fail.

It is hard to overstate the impact the humble V belt has had on the mechanisation of farm machinery, or industry in general. Developed by Charles Gates in about 1917, the first V belts were made of...

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