Teeth belts are used to transfer rotational motion from one shaft to another. In this both shafts may rotate at the same or variable speed. In this article we will discuss what is teeth belt? it’s types, advantages and disadvantages of teeth belt.

Teeth belts consists of two or more pulleys connected with a teeth belt in tension. Similar to gears, teeth belt and pulley drive offers one of the best ways to transfer power from one shaft to another. For example, teeth belts are used in automobiles to deliver power to various components such as alternator, air conditioning system etc.

A simple teeth belt pulley system consists of a driver pulley and driven pulley. When driver pulley is rotated it causes pulling action due to friction. This pulling effect rotates the driven pulley in the same direction of driver pulley. Pulling effect results in the tight side and slack side on the teeth belt pulley system.

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