Use this generator to design and analyze mechanical power transmissions for industrial use. It is a modeling tool for a variety of v-belt drives and can be used without analysis as a productivity tool.

Generator is used for design of the endless v belts. During calculation the decrease of strength due to the connection of the belt ends is not considered.

The transmission can be planar only with all parallel pulleys axes. No misalignment of pulleys is considered. The belt midplane is the XY plane of belt coordinate system.

The power transmission can consist from an unlimited number of pulleys, theoretically. Pulleys can be grooved or flat. Belt can have a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation with respect to the right-hand coordinate system. The grooved pulley must be positioned inside belt loop. Flat pulleys can be positioned either inside or outside of the belt loop.

The first pulley is considered the driver pulley. The rest of the pulleys are driven pulleys or idlers. Input power can be split among several driven pulleys by using a power ratio factor of each pulley. The forces and torques are calculated accordingly.

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