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Re: Belt Center to Center Distance Question
We use a program developed by the Gates belt company called Design IQ. The interface is a little quirky but once you figure it out it works well. You can put in any number of pulleys and it also allows you configure a slotted or pivoting idler to calculate the pulley position for a given belt length. I've checked the calculations several times by hand and by comparing the results to the published tables and other programs and they have always been correct.
You can get more information about the program at:
http://www.gates.com/designiq/
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