Posted by Steve@Advance on November 22, 2020 at 06:51:13 from (66.169.147.211):
In Reply to: belt power equipment? posted by swindave on November 22, 2020 at 05:26:39:
I've never run one either, watched it done at tractor shows.
It works well if the operators know what they are doing...
I've maintained a lot of conveyor belts. Most run with no problem, but some that don't have the crowned rollers area constant battle to keep them tracking in the middle.
One place had a multi bank drill press with flat belts. Constant problems! To keep the belt from slipping it had to be tight. But run it too tight and the lacing would pull out!
Belt drive was how everything was run in the old days before electric motors. Entire factories ran off a common shaft with a belt for each machine.
There is a cotton gin museum near here, it is set up like that. They start up the old Bessemer diesel and run it once a year.
What a nightmare that place would have been! Hundreds of belts, shafts, pulleys... Hot and nasty! They said working the night shift was more desirable because of the heat. Fire was a constant threat. The dust and lint were highly flammable. The belts generated static, a hot bearing could bring disaster!
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