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Unread 01-09-2011, 17:31
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Re: Belt Driven instead of Chain driven

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
... the gt2 tooth profile is very nice.
This is key. The GT2 profile can take more than twice* the load that the standard tooth profiles can take.

The belts are well documented, and after you figure out what is important, the docs are not bad. You can easily check what belt width, and tooth counts will support what loads.

*It could be even bigger than this. I haven't read the gates manual recently.