PETER VANDERWAL wrote:
> The v-belt was around 90% efficient at
> > full load.
>
> Is this a tested efficiency for the V-belt or one of your guestimates? If
> it's a tested efficiency can you tell us the v-belt and testing setup? This
> belt appears to be far more efficient than any I've heard of.
I've read many times that a well designed (not excessively small pulleys and
with adequate "wrap around") and adjusted V-belt drive can easily achieve 90% at
rated load. At light loads it gets worse, though. This also fits my own
observations, where a well designed drive shows no appreciable temperature rise
in the belt or pulleys.
Colin
