C.K.

PITHAWALA COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGY

SUB: DESIGN OF MACHINE

ELEMENTS

- SELECTION OF BELTS
FROM CATALOGUES

Name

Roll No.

Enrollment No.

VISHAL PATEL

131992

130090119092

VARDHAN KHANDELWAL

131944

130090119044

RAVI DESAI

131921

130090119021

KRUNAL

1219115

120090119115

TYPES OF BELTS
1. Flat belt
2. V belt
3. Circular belt
4. Timing belt

Selection of Flat
Belt
In most of the applications, belts are
generally selected by the designer
from the manufacturers catalogue.
This helps in the use of standard
available sizes. Following input data is
required for the selection of belt:
1.Power to be transmitted
2.Transmission ratio
3.Centre distance

Following is the procedure for selection of a

flat belt:

1. Select suitable belt material

Two types of belts are generally available HISPEED duck belting and FORT duck belting.
Specified transmission capacities of these two
types, for an angle of contact of 180and belt
velocity of 5.08 m/s, is as follows:
Type of Belt
Transmission Capacity/ Power Rating (R)
HISPEED

2. Assume belt velocity and

calculate diameters of pulleys
Optimum value of belt velocity lies between 15 m/s
to 25 m/s. Assume any value for belt velocity,
within this range and calculate diameter of the
smaller (driving) pulley using the following
relationship:
where, v = velocity of belt
N1 = input speed (rpm) of
smaller pulley
Diameter of larger pulley (D) can be
calculated, for required velocity ratio i.e. for
required output speed (N2), using the following
relationship:
N1d = N2D

3. Calculate design power

For design purpose, maximum power transmitted
by the belt is obtained by multiplying the required
power (P) by a load correction factor (K load). Value
of K load can be taken from Table (A). Also, Power
transmission capacity of belts (Step 1) is based on
angle of contact of 180. But in actual conditions,
angle of contact varies depending upon diameters
of pulleys and centre distance. If angle of contact is
less than 180, there is additional tension in the
belt. This is taken care of, by multiplying the
required power to be transmitted by angle of
contact factor, Ka.. Value of Ka can be taken from
Table (B). Design power of the belt is thus given by,

Table (A). Load Correction

Factor, K
Type of Load load

Kload
1.0

Normal Load
(light machine tools, fans,
centrifugal pumps, conveyors etc.)
(compressors, blowers, heavyduty fans, line shafts,
reciprocating pumps, heavy-duty
machines etc.)
(hammers, grinders, rolling mills,
vacuum pumps etc.)

Steady Load
Intermittent Load
Shock Load

1.2
1.3
1.5

Table 20.2 Angle of Contact Factor, Ka

Angle
of
Contact
(as)

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

210

Angle
of
Contact
Factor,
Ka

1.33

1.26

1.19

1.13

1.08

1.04

1.00

0.97

0.94

0.91

4. Determine corrected power

rating
Power transmission capacity of belts (Step 1) is based
on belt velocity of 5.08 m/s. But in actual conditions,
belts run at different speeds. For different velocity,
corrected power rating is obtained as follows:
where, R is Power Transmission Capacity or Rating of
belt and v is actual belt velocity

5. Calculate the product of

width and number of plies by
dividing maximum power to be
transmitted by corrected power
rating.

6. Select suitable width and

number of plies
Suitable width and number of plies can now be selected from the
catalogue so that the desired product is obtained. Table (C) gives
(C) Rubber
Belt Data
standard widthTable
thickness
and number
of plies for rubber belts.
No. of Plies
Thickness (mm)
Belt Width (mm)
3
3.9
25, 32, 40, 50, 63, 71
40, 50, 63, 71, 80, 90, 100,
4
5.2
112, 125, 140
71, 80, 90, 100, 112, 125,
5
6.5
140, 160
112, 125, 140, 160, 180, 200,
6
7.8
224, 250
160, 180, 200, 224, 250, 280,
7
9.1
315
224, 250, 280, 315, 355, 400,
8
10.4
450, 500

7. Calculate desired length of belt

and specify all the dimensions.

Selection of
V-belts
are also selected from the manufacturers
V-Belts
catalogue. Following is the procedure for selection of
a flat belt:

1. Select suitable V-belt section

Five types of standard V-belt sections are available.
Dimensions of these are given in Table(D) . Refer
figure (1) for basic dimensions of the trapezoidal
section of V-belt.

Table (D). Dimensions of V-belt Sections

Section

Pitch Width,
(mm)

11

14

19

27

32

Nominal Top
Width, w (mm)

13

17

22

32

38

Nominal
Thickness, t
(mm)

11

14

19

23

Recommended
Velocity (m/s)

25

25

25

30

30

Recommended
Power Range
(kW)

0.4 - 4.0

1.5 - 15

10 - 70

35 - 150

70 260

Recommended
Minimum
Pitch Diameter
of Pulley (mm)

125

200

315

500

630

2. Determine diameters of
pulleys
Recommended diameter of smaller pulley (d) can
be taken from table 20.4 for selected cross-section.
Diameter of larger pulley (D) can be calculated, for
required velocity ratio i.e. for given input speed
(N1) and required output speed (N2), using the
following relationship:
3. Calculate design power
N1d = N 2D
For design purpose, maximum power transmitted
by the belt is obtained by multiplying the
required power (P) by service factor (Ks). Value of
Ks can be taken between 1 and 2, depending
upon the service conditions i.e. light, medium,
heavy or extra-heavy duty, type of driver and

Pdesign = Ks
XP
4. Determine Pitch Length and
Centre Distance
Calculate length of the belt from its relation with d, D
and C. Select the nearest standard value of belt pitch
length from table (E). Calculate exact centre distance,
C from the relation again.

Table (E). Angle of Contact Factor,

Ka

0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
0.40
0.45
0.50
0.55
0.60
0.65
0.70
0.75
0.80
0.85
0.90
0.95
1.00

Angle of Contact
on Smaller Pulley, as

Angle of Contact Factor, Ka

180
177
174
171
169
166
163
160
157
154
151
148
145
142
139
136
133
130
127
123
120

1.00
0.99
0.99
0.98
0.97
0.97
0.96
0.95
0.94
0.93
0.93
0.92
0.91
0.90
0.89
0.88
0.87
0.86
0.85
0.83
0.82

5. Determine corrected power

rating
Power transmission capacity / rating (R) for a single V-belt, for
different types of cross-sections, can be taken from
manufacturers catalogue. Corrected power rating is obtained
by multiplying the power rating by Pitch Length Correction
Factor (K length) and Angle of Contact Factor, Ka as follows:
Values of Ka can be taken from table (E).

6. Determine the number of

belts required
Required number of belts is determined by dividing the
design power with corrected power rating for one belt.

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