30-09-2012, 09:11
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Mad Scientist
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 FRC #2040 (DERT) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
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Re: Using timing belts horizontally
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Originally Posted by jspatz1
You can plan to run them in any orientation you want as long as you have a means of tensioning them, either with movable shaft location(s) or a tensioner/ idler. As long as they are not slack and have reasonable tension (and of course the shafts are well parallel), the pulley flanges will keep the belt tracking. Only a loose belt would climb over the pulley flanges from gravity.
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How tight is 'reasonable tension'? How much force should we use when tensioning drivetrain belts? How much tension is too much? Will floating idlers work?
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