Design of V-belt transmission T.

Cicone

DESIGN OF V-BELT TRANSMISSION (STAS 1163 – 71 & ISO R 155).

Design Data

• input power (at the driving sheave), P1

• input rotational speed (of the driving sheave), n1 (rot/min),

• transmission ratio, iBD.

• center distance, A.
• application (service) factor c f (Ks).

γ/2
β1 F0 F0 β2

Fig. 1. Geometry of belt drives

Fig. 2. Power rating chart for V-Belt selection

Select the V-belt (cross-section) size function of the power and rotation speed at the input, using the diagram from
Figure 2. If the point is close to a demarcation line, it is recommended to select the belt size under this line (with
greater load capacity). Table 1 gives data for all dimensions of the belt cross-section.

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Select the working diameter of the driving sheave, Dp1. It is recommended to select a normalized value (STAS
1162-67). The range of normalized diameters is in accordance with the size of the belt (see Table 2). Sheave
diameters below minimum values recommended for the belt size in question should not be used because the higher
bending stress materially reduces the belt life.
Calculate the working diameter of the driven sheave:
D p2 = iBD ⋅ D p1 (1)

If there are no restrictions for the transmission ratio, the diameter can be normalized to the closest value (see Table 4
STAS 1162 – 67)

Included angle:
D p 2 − D p1
γ = 2 arcsin (2)
2A
where normally D p2 ≤ A ≤ 3( D p1 + D p 2 )

Shaft distances that are too short (short belts) result in higher frequencies, causing excessive heating and thus
premature failure of the belt. Shaft center distances that are too long (long belts) may result in belt vibrations,
especially of the slack side, also causing higher belt stress.

Angle of wrap (arc of contact):

on driving sheave β1 = 180o − γ , on driven sheave β 2 = 180o + γ

Working length:

γ π π ( D p1 + D p 2 ) ( D p 2 − D p1 ) 2
L p = 2 A cos + ( β1 ⋅ D p1 + β 2 ⋅ D p 2 ) ≈ 2 A + + (3)
2 360 2 4A

A normalized value of the working length should be selected from vendors catalogues (usually the closest value is
selected). Standard values are given in Table 3.
Peripheral velocity:
πD p1 ⋅ n1
v= [m / s] (4)
60000
It is recommended a maximum peripheral velocity vmax=40 m/s.

Preliminary number of belts:

c f ⋅ Pc
z0 = (5)
c L ⋅ cβ ⋅ P0

(a)

lp

bmax
h

Fig. 3. V-Belt Dimensions (STAS 7192-83)

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Table 1. - V-Belt sizes

Cross section Working length Lp [mm]
h± δ h Dmax ∝ Dp min
Size dimensions
[mm] [mm] [°] [mm]
lp×h Minim Maxim
SPZ 8.5×8.0 8±0.4 2.0 630 3550 71
SPA 11.0×10 10±0.5 2.8 800 4500 100
SPB 14.0×13 13±0.5 3.5 40±0.1 1250 8000 160
16×15 16.0×15 15±0.5 4.0 1600 10000 200
SPC 19.0×18 18±0.6 4.8 2000 12500 224

Table 2. - Normalized values for working length Lp [mm]

Working 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000
length Lp
[mm] 2500 3150 4000 5000 6200 8000 10000 12500

Example of notation: SPA 2000; STAS 7192-83 (V-Belt size SPA, with working length Lp=2000 mm)

Table 3. - Normalized values for working diameters, Dp [mm]

63 71 80 90 112 125 140 160 180 200 224 250 280 315 400

450 500 560 630 710 800 900 1120 1250 1400 1600 1800 2000 2500
where cL - length correction factor (Table 4) function of the working length L p .

cβ - wrapping factor:

c β = 1 − 0.003(180 − β1 ) (6)

P0- nominal power transmitted by one belt is given by vendors Tables 6...9 give values from STAS 1163-71.
Linear interpolation should be used for intermediary values.

z0- may should not be rounded off.

Final number of belts:

z0
z= (6)
cz

where c z is belt load repartition factor (see Table 5).

The result should be rounded to the upper integer. It is recommended that z ≤ 8 .

Bending frequency:
v [m/s]
f = 103 ⋅ x ⋅ [ Hz ] (7)
Lp

where: x – number of sheaves.

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Bending frequency should not be greater than 40 Hz .

Peripheral force:
P1[kW ]
Fu = 10 3 ⋅ [N ] (8)
v[m / s ]

Belt tensioning (Preload) force:

F0 = (1,5.....2) Fu [ N ] (9)

Note that the belt tensioning force is the radial force loading the shaft (supported by the bearings).

Adjustment of shaft center distance (Minimum take-up allowance): X>0.03 Lp Y>0.015 Lp

The dimensions of the grooves for V-belts are standardized (STAS 1162–84) see Figure 5 and Table 10.

Table 4. Length correction factor cL

Working length,
Belt size
Lp.[mm]
SPZ SPA SPB SPC
400
450
500
560
630 0.82
710 0.84
800 0.86 0.81
900 0.88 0.83
1000 0.9 0.85
1120 0.93 0.87
1250 0.94 0.89 0.82
1400 0.96 0.91 0.84
1600 1.00 0.93 0.86
1700 1.01 0.94 0.87
1800 1.01 0.95 0.88
2000 1.02 0.96 0.90
2240 1.05 0.98 0.92 0.82
2500 1.07 1.00 0.94 0.86
2800 1.09 1.02 0.96 0.88
3150 1.11 1.04 0.98 0.90
3550 1.13 1.06 1.00 0.92
3750 - 1.07 1.01 0.93
4000 - 1.08 1.02 0.94

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Table 5 - V-Belt load repartition factor, cz

Number of belts, z0 cz
2…3 0.95
4….6 0.90
over 6 0.85
B
f e
lp r

n
α
m
De Dp

Fig. 5. Standard dimensions of V-belt grooves

Table 10. - V-belts groove dimensions

Groove size Z A B C
Belt size SPZ SPA SPB SPC
lp 8.5 11 14 19
nmin 2.5 3.3 4.2 5.7
mmin 9 11 14 19
f 8 ±1 10+−12 12.5 +−12 17 +−12
e 12±0.3 15±0.3 19±0.4 22.5±0.5
38°±1° 38°±1° 38°±1° 38°±30′
α
34°±1° 34°±1° 34°±1° 36°±30′
r 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5

Sheave width:
B = ( z − 1)e + 2 f

Remark. Sometimes, working diameter is called datum diameter.

Working length is also called nominal length or length in datum system.

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