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Re: Belts 9mm or 15mm?
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Originally Posted by weberr
In 2014, we went to 9mm wide belts figuring that a factor of safety of 5 was enough, as we were trying to fit them in 1 x 2 tubing.
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I am curious as to how you got a safety factor of 5 while fitting belts inside 2''x1'' tubing. Even using (what I'd consider to be) sufficiently large pulleys, FRC drives are usually skirting (or outright violating) Gates' stated torque ratings for 9mm belts.
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