The classic example of a real life timing belt drive system is the timing belt/cam belt system that is present in most automobiles on roads all over the world. It’s not an understatement to say that the mobility of the modern world is largely made possible because of the efficient operation of robust automobile timing belts.

The toothed timing belts in automotive applications are high performance belts, typically comprised of special materials that coordinate the rotational motion of the engine crankshaft with the cam shaft. This coordinated precision is necessary in order ensure that the cam shafts open the intake/exhaust values of the engine combustion chambers at the precise moment of compression and/or expansion in the chamber in order to ensure the sustainable continuation of the combustion process within the engine. This coordinating function is the pacemaker of the engine, and is it’s not functioning properly, there can be no combustion.

These belts must maintain an extremely high level of synchronicity and must be able to perform under high rotational speeds of thousands of RPMs which can easily be seen during a typical driving profile. They also must be robust enough to be operated in extreme temperature ranges, wherever automobiles can be driven- from hot, arid deserts to wet, frigid tundra. The fatigue life of these belts must also be very high, possessing high wear resistance, so that the drive is able to operate safely for thousands of miles.

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