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Re: what is or isn't a timing belt?
Posted by Dave... at 1/22/2001 8:19 PM EST


Engineer on team #5, Robocards, from Melvindale, MI and AFL (Alcoa Fujikura Ltd).


In Reply to: what is or isn't a timing belt?
Posted by Dennis Sipe on 1/22/2001 11:35 AM EST:



: I am confused.
: The parts list says that any "timing belt" can be used, but what is not a timing belt?

: A flat belt for the tank drive should be illegal,
: but it has been used in the past. Right?

: does anyone know of a robot being disqualified
: because of an illegal belt for the drive?

A timing belt by design will have raised protrusions, or teeth, on either one side or sometimes both sides of the belt. These are designed to keep two or more timing gears in synchronization, without slip occurring.

A single sided timing belt would always have the teeth on the inside, with the outside being flat. Therefore, not all belts which appear to be flat would be "illegal." A double sided belt (in a real application) would be used with at least three gears, two on the inside of the belt and one on the outside.

Dave...


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